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Quotes by Thomas Paine

"Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and torturous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness, with which more than half the bible is filled, it would seem more consistent that we called it the word of a demon than the Word of God. It is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize mankind."
By Thomas Paine
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"The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion."
By Thomas Paine
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"Better fare hard with good men than feast it with bad."
By Thomas Paine
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"The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection."
By Thomas Paine
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"To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead."
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"When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary."
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"I fear not, I see not reason for fear. In the end we will be the victors. For though at times the flame of liberty may cease to shine, the ember will never expire."
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"Such is the irresistible nature of truth that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing."
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"What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly... it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as Freedom should not be highly rated."
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"The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."
By Thomas Paine
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"Better fare hard with good men than feast it with bad. "
By Thomas Paine
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"Whenever we read the obscene stories, voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and tortous executions, the unrelenting vindictivenes, with which more than half the Bible is filled, it would be more consistant that we called it the word of a Demon than the word of God. It is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize mankind, and, for my part, I sincerly detest it as I detest everything that is cruel."
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"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."
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"It is the duty of every patriot to protect his country from its government."
By Thomas Paine
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"All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit."
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"Human nature is not of itself vicious."
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"It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry."
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"A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice."
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"Character is much easier kept than recovered."
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"Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil in its worst state, an intolerable one."
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"The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly it is dearness only that"
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"Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man."
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"Character is much easier kept than recovered."
By Thomas Paine
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"He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression for if he violates this duty he establishes"
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"What we obtain too cheap we esteem too little it is dearness only that gives everything its value."
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