“Any system of religion that has any thing in it that shocks the mind of a child cannot be a true system.” Thomas Paine
“When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.” Thomas Paine
“The church has set up a system of religion very contradictory to the character of the person whose name it bears. It has set up a religion of pomp and of revenue in pretended imitation of a person whose life was humility and poverty.” Thomas Paine
“The American Constitutions were to Liberty what a grammar is to language: they define its parts of speech, and practically construct them into syntax.” Thomas Paine
The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Albert Einstein
“Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.” Thomas Paine
“Common sense is actually nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down in the mind prior to the age of eighteen.” Albert Einstein
