Quotes by Thomas Paine

“It is necessary to the happiness of man, that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe.”

Topics: faithful, fundamentally, happiness

“Any system of religion that has any thing in it that shocks the mind of a child cannot be a true system.”

Topics: anything, child, history

“Monarchy and succession have laid… The world in blood and ashes.”

Topics: ashes, blood, history

“As to religion, I hold it to be the indispensable duty of all government, to protect all conscientious professors thereof, and I know of no other business which government hath to do therewith.”

Topics: behold, duty, government

“Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly-marked feature of all law-religions, or religions established by law.”

Topics: always, feature, history

“It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same.”

Topics: acres, because, defending

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