To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches.

Quote by Thomas Paine

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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...

These are times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will,...

These are times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will,...

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

If a God, he could not suffer death, for immortality cannot die, and as a...

If a God, he could not suffer death, for immortality cannot die, and as a...

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives...

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives...

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

But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it...

But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it...

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...

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 most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.

The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them, and as governments are made...

Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them, and as governments are made...

Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain...

Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain...