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

Quote by Thomas Paine

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The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place,...

The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place,...

We ought therefore to suspect that a great mass of information respecting the Bible, and...

We ought therefore to suspect that a great mass of information respecting the Bible, and...

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

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

Every religion is good that teaches man to be good; and I know of none...

Every religion is good that teaches man to be good; and I know of none...

It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.

It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.

There are matters in the Bible, said to be done by the express commandment of...

There are matters in the Bible, said to be done by the express commandment of...

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...

That there are men in all countries who get their living by war, and by...

That there are men in all countries who get their living by war, and by...

It is far better that we admitted a thousand devils to roam at large than...

It is far better that we admitted a thousand devils to roam at large than...

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...

It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of...

It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of...

The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem...

The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem...

It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration.

It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration.

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...

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...

It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself....

It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself....

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress,...

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress,...

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels...

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels...

A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a...

A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a...

You are the only one that's patient when I fall. Your angels come to save...

You are the only one that's patient when I fall. Your angels come to save...

To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.

To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.

Reputations are made by searching for things that can't be done and doing them

Reputations are made by searching for things that can't be done and doing them