It is far better that we admitted a thousand devils to roam at large than that we permitted one such impostor and monster as Moses, Joshua, Samuel, and the Bible prophets, to come with the pretended word of God and…

Quote by Thomas Paine

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The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is...

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is...

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...

The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too...

The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too...

He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of...

He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of...

When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the...

When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the...

One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.

One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.

The study of theology, as it stands in the Christian churches, is the study of...

The study of theology, as it stands in the Christian churches, is the study of...

We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on...

We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on...

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...

Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly...

Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly...

One of the strongest natural proofs of the folly of hereditary right in kings is,...

One of the strongest natural proofs of the folly of hereditary right in kings is,...

Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.

Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.

Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a...

Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a...

We have it in our power to begin the world over again.

We have it in our power to begin the world over again.

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...

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...

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...

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...

One of the glories of New York is its ethnic food, and only McDonald's and...

One of the glories of New York is its ethnic food, and only McDonald's and...

People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or...

People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or...

After all, the chief business of the American people is business

After all, the chief business of the American people is business