Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of reason rebels against tyranny has a better… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
This new world hath been the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty from every part of Europe. Hither… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst; every other species of tyranny is limited to the… — 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
Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself in all cases as the ages and generations which preceded… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The essential psychological requirement of a free society is the willingness on the part of the individual to accept responsibility for his… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Of all the tyrannies that effect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst; every other species of tyranny is limited to the… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods. It would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
We ought therefore to suspect that a great mass of information respecting the Bible, and the introduction of it into the world,… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“What are the present governments of Europe, but a scene of iniquity and oppression? What is that of England? Do not its… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
O ye that love mankind! Ye that dare oppose, not only the tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth! Every spot of the… — 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
