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He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death.

~Thomas Paine

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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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Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true.

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

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He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of reason rebels against tyranny has a better title to Defender of the Faith, than George the Third.

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It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe.

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But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of appearing.

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Time makes more converts than reason.

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Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.

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

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Writer

Born: January 29th, 1737

Died: June 8th, 1809

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