Quotes by Thomas Paine

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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Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

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

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It is an affront to treat falsehood with complaisance.

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Is it not a species of blasphemy to call the New Testament revealed religion, when...

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If we do not hang together, we shall surely hang separately.

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

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