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

  • 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.

  • One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.

  • It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of God, that the Bible describes.

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