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

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

  • I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.

  • 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.

  • All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.