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More Quotes by Thomas Paine
The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.
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.
He who dares not offend cannot be honest.
No country can be called free which is governed by an absolute power; and it matters not whether it be an absolute royal power or an absolute legislative power, as the consequences will be the same to the people.
When all other rights are taken away, the right of rebellion is made perfect.
The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.
When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind, as to [profess] things he does not believe, he has prepared himself for the commission of every other crime.
Government is best which governs least
The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind.
I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.
