There is scarcely any part of science or any thing in nature, which those impostors and blasphemers of science, called priests, as well as Christians and Jews, have not, at some time or other, perverted, or sought to pervert to…

Quote by Thomas Paine

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Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness.

Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness.

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

To live with our enemies as if they may some time become our friends, and...

To live with our enemies as if they may some time become our friends, and...

He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell...

He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell...

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...

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...

Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as...

Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as...

'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and...

'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and...

To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their...

To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their...

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....

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and...

'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and...

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.