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More Quotes by Thomas Paine
Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
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.
The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.
The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind.
Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.
To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.
It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
There are two distinct classes of men - those who pay taxes and those who receive and live upon taxes.
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.
