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title: "37 Believe Quotes By Thomas Paine"
description: "37 Believe quotes by Thomas Paine. Plus more from Thomas Paine and more Believe sayings from other authors."
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> [...the Bible is such a book of lies and contradictions there is no knowing which part to believe or whether any.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/the-bible-is-such-a-book-of-lies-and-contradictions-there-is-no/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [All the tales of miracles, with which the Old and New Testament are filled, are fit only for impostors to preach and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/all-the-tales-of-miracles-with-which-the-old-and-new-testament-are/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [The Allwise Creator hath been dishonored by being made the author of fable and the human mind degraded by believing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/the-allwise-creator-hath-been-dishonored-by-being-made-the-author-of/)

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> [Accustom a people to believe that priests, or any other class of men can forgive sins and you will have sins in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/accustom-a-people-to-believe-that-priests-or-any-other-class-of-men/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [I believe in one God, and no more; and I hope for happiness beyond this life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/i-believe-in-one-god-and-no-more-and-i-hope-for-happiness-beyond-this-2/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [If I do not believe as you believe, it proves that you do not believe as I believe, and that is all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/if-i-do-not-believe-as-you-believe-it-proves-that-you-do-not-believe/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [The story of Jesus Christ appearing after he was dead is the story of an apparition, such as timid imaginations can always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/the-story-of-jesus-christ-appearing-after-he-was-dead-is-the-story-of/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [ ...Thomas did not believe the resurrection \[John 20:25\], and, as they say, would not believe without having ocular and manual demonstration himself.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/thomas-did-not-believe-the-resurrection-john-20-25-and-as-they-say/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/i-do-not-believe-in-the-creed-professed-by-the-jewish-church-by-the/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [One would think that a system loaded with such gross and vulgar absurdities as Scripture religion is could never have obtained credit;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/one-would-think-that-a-system-loaded-with-such-gross-and-vulgar/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [There is a happiness in Deism, when rightly understood, that is not to be found inany other system of religion. All other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/there-is-a-happiness-in-deism-when-rightly-understood-that-is-not-to/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [ When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind, as to \[profess\] things he does not believe,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/when-a-man-has-so-far-corrupted-and-prostituted-the-chastity-of-his/)

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> [I do not believe in the creed professed by any church that I know of. Each of these churches accuse the other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/i-do-not-believe-in-the-creed-professed-by-any-church-that-i-know-of/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [What is it the Bible teaches us? - raping, cruelty, and murder. What is it the New Testament teaches us? - to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/what-is-it-the-bible-teaches-us-raping-cruelty-and-murder-what-is-it/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [As property, honestly obtained, is best secured by an equality of rights, so ill-gotten property depends for protection on a monopoly of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/as-property-honestly-obtained-is-best-secured-by-an-equality-of/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [Not all the treasures of the world, so far as I believe, could have induced me to support an offensive war, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/not-all-the-treasures-of-the-world-so-far-as-i-believe-could-have/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [Revelation is necessarily limited to the first communication- after that it is only an account of something which that person says was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/revelation-is-necessarily-limited-to-the-first-communication-after/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [It is often said in the Bible that God spake unto Moses, but how do you know that God spake unto Moses?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/it-is-often-said-in-the-bible-that-god-spake-unto-moses-but-how-do/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [People in general know not what wickedness there is in this pretended word of God. Brought up in habits of superstition, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/people-in-general-know-not-what-wickedness-there-is-in-this-pretended/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/infidelity-does-not-consist-in-believing-or-in-disbelieving-it-2/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [The prejudice of unfounded belief often degenerates into the prejudice of custom, and becomes at last rank hypocrisy. When men, from custom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/the-prejudice-of-unfounded-belief-often-degenerates-into-the/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [Now, which am I to believe, a book that any impostor might make and call the Word of God, or the creation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/now-which-am-i-to-believe-a-book-that-any-impostor-might-make-and/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [I do not believe that any two men, on what are called doctrinal points, think alike who think at all. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/i-do-not-believe-that-any-two-men-on-what-are-called-doctrinal-points/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [Take away from Genesis the belief that Moses was the author, on which only the strange believe that it is the word…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/take-away-from-genesis-the-belief-that-moses-was-the-author-on-which/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [It is, I believe, impossible to find in any story upon record so many and such glaring absurdities, contradictions, and falsehoods, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/it-is-i-believe-impossible-to-find-in-any-story-upon-record-so-many/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [The case, however, is, that the Bible will not bear examination in any part of it, which it would do if it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/the-case-however-is-that-the-bible-will-not-bear-examination-in-any/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [To believe that God created a plurality of worlds, at least as numerous as what we call stars, renders the Christian faith…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/to-believe-that-god-created-a-plurality-of-worlds-at-least-as/)

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> [“I believe in the equality of man, and I believe that religious duties consist of doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/i-believe-in-the-equality-of-man-and-i-believe-that-religious-duties/)

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> [I believe in one God, and no more; and I hope for happiness beyond this life. I believe in the equality of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/i-believe-in-one-god-and-no-more-and-i-hope-for-happiness-beyond-this/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/it-is-necessary-to-the-happiness-of-man-that-he-be-mentally-faithful-2/)

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> [What more does man want to know than that the hand or power that made these things is divine, is omnipotent? Let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/what-more-does-man-want-to-know-than-that-the-hand-or-power-that-made/)

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> [Is it more probable that nature should go out of her course, or that a man should tell a lie? We have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/is-it-more-probable-that-nature-should-go-out-of-her-course-or-that-a/)

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> [Had the news of salvation by Jesus Christ been inscribed on the face of the sun and the moon, in characters that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/had-the-news-of-salvation-by-jesus-christ-been-inscribed-on-the-face/)

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> [As to the Christian system of faith, it appears to me as a species of Atheism — a sort of religious denial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/as-to-the-christian-system-of-faith-it-appears-to-me-as-a-species-of/)

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> [It can only be by blinding the understanding of man, and making him believe that government is some wonderful mysterious thing, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/it-can-only-be-by-blinding-the-understanding-of-man-and-making-him/)

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> [The most horrible wickedness and cruelties, and the greatest miseries that have troubled the human race began with this thing called revelation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/the-most-horrible-wickedness-and-cruelties-and-the-greatest-miseries/)

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> [Is it more probable that nature should go out of her course or that a man should tell a lie? We have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/is-it-more-probable-that-nature-should-go-out-of-her-course-or-that-a-2/)

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## Other authors on Believe

## More by Thomas Paine

> [“No man is prejudiced in favour of a thing, knowing it to be wrong. He is attached to it on the belief of its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/no-man-is-prejudiced-in-favour-of-a-thing-knowing-it-to-be-wrong-he/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

> [“The laws of every country must be analogous to some common principle.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/the-laws-of-every-country-must-be-analogous-to-some-common-principle/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

> [The book called the Bible has been voted by men, and decreed by human laws to be the word of God; and the disbelief…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/the-book-called-the-bible-has-been-voted-by-men-and-decreed-by-human/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

> [To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/to-argue-with-a-person-who-has-renounced-the-use-of-reason-is-like/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

> [One would think that a system loaded with such gross and vulgar absurdities as Scripture religion is could never have obtained credit; yet we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/one-would-think-that-a-system-loaded-with-such-gross-and-vulgar/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

> [Commerce diminishes the spirit, both of patriotism and military defence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/commerce-diminishes-the-spirit-both-of-patriotism-and-military-defence/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

> [What is it the Bible teaches us? - raping, cruelty, and murder. What is it the New Testament teaches us? - to believe that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/what-is-it-the-bible-teaches-us-raping-cruelty-and-murder-what-is-it/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

> [Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/those-who-expect-to-reap-the-blessings-of-freedom-must-like-men/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

> [“It has been the practice of all Christian commentators on the Bible, and of all Christian priests and preachers, to impose the Bible on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/it-has-been-the-practice-of-all-christian-commentators-on-the-bible/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

> [But there are times when men have serious thoughts, and it is at such times, when they begin to think, that they begin to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/but-there-are-times-when-men-have-serious-thoughts-and-it-is-at-such/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

> [Wisdom is not the purchase of a day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/wisdom-is-not-the-purchase-of-a-day/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

> [Our citizenship in the United States is our national character. Our citizenship in any particular state is only our local distinction. By the latter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/our-citizenship-in-the-united-states-is-our-national-character-our/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

> [Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/suspicion-is-the-companion-of-mean-souls-and-the-bane-of-all-good/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

> [“To pass from the extremes of danger to safety-from the tumult of war to the tranquility of peace, though sweet in contemplation, requires a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/to-pass-from-the-extremes-of-danger-to-safety-from-the-tumult-of-war/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

> [What more does man want to know than that the hand or power that made these things is divine, is omnipotent? Let him believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/what-more-does-man-want-to-know-than-that-the-hand-or-power-that-made/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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                        "text": "As to the Christian system of faith, it appears to me as a species of Atheism — a sort of religious denial of God. It professes to believe in a man rather than in God. It is a compound made up chiefly of Manism with but little Deism, and is as near to Atheism as twilight is to darkness. It introduces between man and his Maker an opaque body, which it calls a Redeemer, as the moon introduces her opaque self between the earth and the sun, and it produces by this means a religious, or an irreligious, eclipse of light. It has put the whole orbit of reason into shade.",
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                        "text": "The most horrible wickedness and cruelties, and the greatest miseries that have troubled the human race began with this thing called revelation, or revealed religion. ... It would be far, far better for us to let a thousand devils roam the world, and publicly preach the doctrine of devils (if there were such a thing, which there isn't), than to let one impostor and monster such a Moses, Joshua, Samuel or the Bible prophets come speaking the so-called word of God, and causing men to believe it.",
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