Of all the systems of religion that ever were invented, there is no more derogatory to the Almighty, more unedifying to man,… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The error of those who reason by precedents drawn from antiquity, respecting the rights of man, is that they do not go… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
It is from our enemies that we often gain excellent maxims, and are frequently surprised into reason by their mistakes. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Freedom had been hunted round the globe; reason was considered as rebellion; and the slavery of fear had made men afraid to… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
When an objection cannot be made formidable, there is some policy in trying to make it frightful; and to substitute the yell… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
There is a happiness in Deism, when rightly understood, that is not to be found inany other system of religion. All other… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“To reason with governments, as they have existed for ages, is to argue with brutes. It is only from the nations themselves… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I fear not, I see not reason for fear. In the end we will be the victors. For though at times the… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Is it more probable that nature should go out of her course or that a man should tell a lie? We have… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
As to the Christian system of faith, it appears to me as a species of Atheism — a sort of religious denial… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I would give worlds, if I had them, if The Age of Reason had never been published. O Lord, help! Stay with… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The choicest gift of God to man, the gift of reason; and having endeavoured to force upon himself the belief of a… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“No man is prejudiced in favour of a thing, knowing it to be wrong. He is attached to it on the belief of its… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“The laws of every country must be analogous to some common principle.” — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The book called the Bible has been voted by men, and decreed by human laws to be the word of God; and the disbelief… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
One would think that a system loaded with such gross and vulgar absurdities as Scripture religion is could never have obtained credit; yet we… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Commerce diminishes the spirit, both of patriotism and military defence. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
What is it the Bible teaches us? - raping, cruelty, and murder. What is it the New Testament teaches us? - to believe that… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“It has been the practice of all Christian commentators on the Bible, and of all Christian priests and preachers, to impose the Bible on… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
But there are times when men have serious thoughts, and it is at such times, when they begin to think, that they begin to… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Our citizenship in the United States is our national character. Our citizenship in any particular state is only our local distinction. By the latter… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
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