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Thomas Paine Quotes

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Is it not a species of blasphemy to call the New Testament revealed religion, when we see in it such contradictions and absurdities  (Thomas Paine Quotes) It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of God, that the Bible describes  (Thomas Paine Quotes) Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law  (Thomas Paine Quotes) Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one  (Thomas Paine Quotes) That God cannot lie, is no advantage to your argument, because it is no proof that priests can not, or that the Bible does not  (Thomas Paine Quotes) The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security  (Thomas Paine Quotes) There are matters in the Bible, said to be done by the express commandment of God, that are shocking to humanity and to every idea we have of moral justice  (Thomas Paine Quotes) Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it  (Thomas Paine Quotes) To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches  (Thomas Paine Quotes) To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their choice, and to say they had rather be loaded with taxes than not  (Thomas Paine Quotes) War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end; it has but one thing certain, and that is to increase taxes  (Thomas Paine Quotes) Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law abiding deprived of the use of them  (Thomas Paine Quotes) He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself  (Thomas Paine Quotes) It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same  (Thomas Paine Quotes) There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord  (Thomas Paine Quotes) Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues can but encourage one's own efforts  (Thomas Paine Quotes) What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value  (Thomas Paine Quotes) It is from the Bible that man has learned cruelty, rapine, and murder; for the belief of a cruel God makes a cruel man  (Thomas Paine Quotes) Of more worth is one honest man to society and in the sight of God, than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived  (Thomas Paine Quotes) It is pleasant to observe by what regular gradation we surmount the force of local prejudice as we enlarge our acquaintance with the world  (Thomas Paine Quotes) I bid you farewell, sincerely wishing, that as men and christians, ye may always fully and uninterruptedly enjoy every civil and religious right  (Thomas Paine Quotes) Wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for God's sake let us come to a final  (Thomas Paine Quotes) Wisdom is not the purchase of a day, and it is no wonder that we should err at the first setting off  (Thomas Paine Quotes) We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the Earth for honest men to live in  (Thomas Paine Quotes) But when the country, into which I had just set my foot, was set on fire about my ears, it was time to stir. It was time for every man to stir  (Thomas Paine Quotes) The circumstances of the world are continually changing, and the opinions of man change also; and as government is for the living, and not for the dead, it is the living only that has any right in it  (Thomas Paine Quotes) For what is the amount of all his prayers but an attempt to make the Almighty change his mind, and act otherwise than he does? It is as if he were to say: Thou knowest not so well as I  (Thomas Paine Quotes) The word of God is the creation we behold and it is in this word, which no human invention can counterfeit or alter, that God speaketh universally to man  (Thomas Paine Quotes) The most detestable wickedness, the most horrid cruelties, and the greatest miseries, that have afflicted the human race have had their origin in this thing called revelation, or revealed religion  (Thomas Paine Quotes) The theophilanthropists do not call themselves the disciples of such or such a man. They avail themselves of the wise precepts that have been transmitted by writers of all countries and in all ages  (Thomas Paine Quotes)
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