Thomas Paine
  • We have it in our power to begin the world over again.

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

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

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

  • Persecution is not an original feature in any religion but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law.