Quotes about Thomas Paine

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

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Character is much easier kept than recovered.

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Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the...

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

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An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.

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All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other...

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A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in...

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

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

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Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst.

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My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.

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

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