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Thomas Paine Quotes: When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.
         

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.


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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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The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.



A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.



He who dares not offend cannot be honest.

He who dares not offend cannot be honest.



[A]ll churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for power and profit.

[A]ll churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for power and profit.



If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.



The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.



Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.



Religion is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it as I detest everything that is cruel.

Religion is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it as I detest everything that is cruel.



Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.





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You aren't staying in heaven because you still need to purify the mind. Your faith is powerful, but it is invested in what you believe you are, and most of what you believe about yourself is a lie.



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