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Thomas Paine Quotes
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.
Thomas Paine
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Date of Birth:
January 29
,
1737
Date of Death:
June 8
,
1809
Nationality:
English
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We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
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Lead, follow, or get out of the way.
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Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title.
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My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.
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If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
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My mind is my own church.
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Time makes more converts than reason.
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All Thomas Paine Quotations:
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A thing moderately good is not...
All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish...
An army of principles can penetrate...
Any system of religion that has...
Arms discourage and keep the invader...
Belief in a cruel God makes...
But such is the irresistable nature...
Character is much easier kept than recovered.
Every religion is good that teaches...
Every science has for its basis...
Government, even in its best state...
He that rebels against reason is...
He that would make his own...
He who is the author of...
Human nature is not of itself vicious.
I believe in the equality of...
I love the man that can...
If there must be trouble, let...
If we do not hang together...
Is it not a species of...
It is an affront to treat...
It is error only, and not...
It is necessary to the happiness...
It is not a field of...
It is not a God, just...
It is the direction and not...
Lead, follow, or get out of...
Moderation in temper is always a...
My country is the world, and...
My mind is my own church.
Of all the tyrannies that affect...
One good schoolmaster is of more...
Persecution is not an original feature...
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Reputation is what men and women...
Society in every state is a...
Suspicion is the companion of mean...
That God cannot lie, is no...
That government is best which governs least.
That which we obtain too easily...
The abilities of man must fall...
The greatest remedy for anger is delay.
The harder the conflict, the more...
The instant formal government is abolished, society...
The most formidable weapon against errors...
The real man smiles in trouble...
The strength and power of despotism...
The Vatican is a dagger in...
The whole religious complexion of the...
The World is my country, all...
There are matters in the Bible...
There are two distinct classes of...
These are the times that try...
Those who expect to reap the...
Time makes more converts than reason.
Tis the business of little minds...
Titles are but nicknames, and every...
To establish any mode to abolish...
To say that any people are...
Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests...
War involves in its progress such...
We can only reason from what...
We have it in our power...
What we obtain too cheap, we...
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