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.

Thomas Paine
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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.

Thomas Paine
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“But where says some is the king of America?…In America the law is king.”

Thomas Paine
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“These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed, if so celestial and article as Freedom should not be highly rated.”

Thomas Paine
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“If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.”

Thomas Paine
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“I compare it to something behind a curtain, about which there is a great deal of bustle and fuss, and a wonderful air of seeming solemnity; but when by an accident, the curtain happens to be opened, and the company see what it is, they burst into laughter.”

Edmund Burke
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“Wisdom is not the purchase of a day.”

Thomas Paine
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“He who dares not offend cannot be honest.”

Thomas Paine
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“When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.”

Thomas Paine
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“The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind.”

Thomas Paine
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