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A Democracy is the most vile form of government there is! — Thomas Paine

Before anything can be reasoned upon to a conclusion, certain facts, principles, or data, to reason from, must be established, admitted, or denied. — Thomas Paine

Accustom a people to believe that priests, or any other class of men can forgive sins and you will have sins in abundance. — Thomas Paine

An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot. — Thomas Paine

I love the man that smiles at trouble: that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. — Thomas Paine

Christianity is the strangest religion ever set up, for it committed a murder upon Jesus in order to redeem mankind from the sin of eating an apple. — Thomas Paine

I die in perfect composure and resignation to the will of my Creator, God. — Thomas Paine

No falsehood is so fatal as that which is made an article of faith. — Thomas Paine

For though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire. — Thomas Paine

Mutual fear is a principal link in the chain of mutual love. — Thomas Paine

Public money ought to be touched with the most scrupulous consciousness of honor. — Thomas Paine

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

He who dares not offend cannot be honest. — Thomas Paine

The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related that it is difficult to class them separately. - THOMAS PAINE — Dinty W. Moore

What is it the Bible teaches us?
rapine, cruelty, and murder. — Thomas Paine

Arms, like laws, discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe and preserve order ... — Thomas Paine

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it. — Thomas Paine

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. — Thomas Paine

Kill the king but spare the man. — Thomas Paine

In January 1776, Thomas Paine issued 'Common Sense,' advocating independence from Great Britain. — Mike Crapo

When all other rights are taken away, the right of rebellion is made perfect. — Thomas Paine

The more men have to lose, the less willing are they to venture. — Thomas Paine

I never tire of reading Tom Paine. — Abraham Lincoln

Could the straggling thoughts of individuals be collected, they would frequently form materials for wise and able men to improve into useful matter. — Thomas Paine

Government without a constitution, is a power without a right. — Thomas Paine

Wisdom is not the purchase of a day, and it is no wonder that we should err at the first setting off. — Thomas Paine

Give me liberty, or give me death. — Thomas Paine

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

I die content, I die for the liberty of my country. — Thomas Paine

Wisdom is not the purchase of a day — Thomas Paine

It is a general idea, that when taxes are once laid on, they are never taken off. — Thomas Paine

Virtue, as I have already remarked, is not hereditary, neither is it perpetual. — Thomas Paine

It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry. — Thomas Paine

But from the errors of other nations let us learn wisdom, and lay hold of the present opportunity - to begin government at the right end. — Thomas Paine

The protection of a man's person is more sacred than the protection of his property. — Thomas Paine

The moral duty of man consists of imitatingthe moral goodness and beneficence of God,manifested in the creation, toward all His creatures. — Thomas Paine

The true greatness of a nation is founded on principles of humanity. — Thomas Paine

The sun never shined on a cause of greater worth — Thomas Paine

The birthday of a new world is at hand. — Thomas Paine

And to read the Bible without horror, we must undo everything that is tender, sympathizing and benevolent in the heart of man. — Thomas Paine

The Christian church has set up a religion of pomp and revenue in pretended imitation of a person (Jesus) who lived a life of poverty. — Thomas Paine

What at first was plunder assumed the softer name of revenue. — Thomas Paine

Titles are like a magicians wand which circumscribe human facility and prevent us from living the lives of man. — Thomas Paine

The greatest remedy for anger is delay. — Thomas Paine

Evils, like poisons, have their uses, and there are diseases which no other remedy can reach. — Thomas Paine

The period of debate is closed. Arms, as a last resource, must decide the contest. — Thomas Paine

It is always to be taken for granted, that those who oppose an equality of rights never mean the exclusion should take place on themselves. — Thomas Paine

A man does not serve God when he prays, for it is himself he is trying to serve — Thomas Paine

Wisdom degenerates in governments as governments increase in age. — Thomas Paine

It is the duty of every true Deist to vindicate the moral justice of God against the evils of the Bible. — Thomas Paine

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

The age of ignorance commenced with the Christian system. — Thomas Paine

The fate of Charles I has only made kings more subtle, not more just. — Thomas Paine

I would not dare so dishonor my Creator's name by attaching it to this filthy book. — Thomas Paine

What we obtain too cheaply, we esteem too lightly; it's dearness only that gives everthing its value. — Thomas Paine

The Bible is such a book of lies and contradictions there is no knowing which part to believe or whether any. — Thomas Paine

Whether we sleep or wake, the vast machinery of the universe still goes on. — Thomas Paine

Taxes are not raised to carry on wars, but that wars are raised to carry on taxes — Thomas Paine

Nothing, they say is more certain than death, and nothing more uncertain than the time of dying — Thomas Paine

Nothing but heaven is impregnable to vice. — Thomas Paine

Most wise men, in their private sentiments, have ever treated hereditary right with contempt; yet — Thomas Paine

Some people can be reasoned into sense, and others must be shocked into it. — Thomas Paine

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

We have it in our power to begin the world over again. — Thomas Paine

It is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error. — Thomas Paine

I disbelieve all holy men and holy books. — Thomas Paine

The Christian religion begins with a dream and ends with a murder. — Thomas Paine

The Allwise Creator hath been dishonored by being made the author of fable and the human mind degraded by believing it. — Thomas Paine

Titles do not count with posterity. — Thomas Paine

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. — Thomas Paine

There are injuries which nature cannot forgive; she would cease to be nature if she did. — Thomas Paine

The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum. — Thomas Paine

Every person of learning is finally his own teacher. — Thomas Paine

It is a faculty of the human mind to become what it contemplates, and to act in unison with its object. — Thomas Paine

I bring reason to your ears, and, in language as plain as ABC, hold up truth to your eyes. — Thomas Paine

There is a natural firmness in some minds, which cannot be unlocked by trifles, but which, when unlocked, discovers a cabinet of fortitude. — Thomas Paine

No society has gone the way of gulags or concentration camps by following the path of Spinoza and Einstein and Jefferson and Thomas Paine — Christopher Hitchens

monarchy in every instance is the Popery of government. — Thomas Paine

In mourning the plumage, he forgot the dying bird — Thomas Paine

A share in two revolutions is living to some purpose. — Thomas Paine

He who takes nature for his guide, is not easily beaten out of his argument — Thomas Paine

To take away (voting) is to reduce a man to slavery. — Thomas Paine

They may be all comprehended under three heads - 1st, Superstition; 2d, Power; 3d, the common interests of society, and the common rights of man. — Thomas Paine

The cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf. — Thomas Paine

for no man expects to be loved himself for his crime or for his enmity. — Thomas Paine

A bad cause will never be supported by bad means and bad men. — Thomas Paine

If thou trusteth to the book called the Scriptures, thou trusteth to the rotten staff of fables and falsehood. — Thomas Paine

Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, 'tis time to part. — Thomas Paine

Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title. — Thomas Paine

What is called a republic, is not any particular form of government ... it is naturally opposed to the word monarchy, which means arbitrary power. — Thomas Paine

The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security. — Thomas Paine

Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society. — Thomas Paine

Where knowledge is a duty, ignorance is a crime. — Thomas Paine

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

Youth is the seed time of good habits, as well in nations as in individuals. — Thomas Paine

Mystery is the antagonist of truth. It is a fog of human invention, that obscures truth, and represents it in distortion. — Thomas Paine

If I do not believe as you believe, it proves that you do not believe as I believe, and that is all that it proves. — Thomas Paine

The Vatican is a dagger in the heart of Italy. — Thomas Paine

It is a position not to be controverted, that the earth ... was and ever would have continued to be, the COMMON PROPERTY OF THE HUMAN RACE. — Thomas Paine

Every religion is good that teaches man to be good; and I know of none that instructs him to be bad. — Thomas Paine