If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace

Quote by Thomas Paine

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The American constitutions were to liberty, what a grammar is to language: they define its...

The American constitutions were to liberty, what a grammar is to language: they define its...

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue...

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue...

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition;...

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition;...

It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that...

It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that...

Is it not a species of blasphemy to call the New Testament revealed religion, when...

Is it not a species of blasphemy to call the New Testament revealed religion, when...

When I see throughout this book, called the Bible, a history of the grossest vices...

When I see throughout this book, called the Bible, a history of the grossest vices...

Human nature is not of itself vicious.

Human nature is not of itself vicious.

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary

To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would...

To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would...

Is it popular to pay our debts, to do justice, to defend the injured and...

Is it popular to pay our debts, to do justice, to defend the injured and...

That God cannot lie, is no advantage to your argument, because it is no proof...

That God cannot lie, is no advantage to your argument, because it is no proof...

War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom...

War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom...

A man does not serve God when he prays, for it is himself he is...

A man does not serve God when he prays, for it is himself he is...

The New Testament, compared with the Old, is like a farce of one act

The New Testament, compared with the Old, is like a farce of one act

Reason and Ignorance, the opposites of each other, influence the great bulk of mankind. If...

Reason and Ignorance, the opposites of each other, influence the great bulk of mankind. If...

Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society.

Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society.

There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in...

There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in...

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it the superficial appearance of...

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it the superficial appearance of...

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Habit is a second nature which prevents us from knowing the first, of which it...

Habit is a second nature which prevents us from knowing the first, of which it...

I have a different way of thinking. I think synergistically. I'm not linear in thinking,...

I have a different way of thinking. I think synergistically. I'm not linear in thinking,...