Thomas Paine

He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell…

He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of…

When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the…

Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst…

All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other…

Persecution is not an original feature in any religion but it is always the strongly…

A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in…

I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so…

The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance…

It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry…

There are matters in the Bible, said to be done by the express commandment of…

Human nature is not of itself vicious…

Those who want to reap the benefits of this great nation must bear the fatigue…

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may…

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph…