Great objects inspire great thoughts; great munificence excites great gratitude; but the groveling tales and doctrines of the Bible – are fit only to excite contempt… the stupid Bible of the church, that teaches man nothing.
Thomas Paine Quotes
I have now gone through the Bible, as a man would go through a wood with an ax on his shoulder, and fell trees. Here they lie; and the priests, if they can, may replant them. They may, perhaps, stick them in the ground, but they will never make them grow.
When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind, as to subscribe his professional belief to things he does not believe, he has prepared himself for the commission of every other crime.
It is often said in the Bible that God spoke unto Moses, but how do you know that God spake unto Moses? Because, you will say, the Bible says so. The Koran says, ‘that God spake unto Mahomet, do you believe that too? No. Why not? Because, you will say, you do not believe it; […]
Infidelity does not consist in believing or in disbelieving: it consists in professing to believe what one does not believe.
Of all the systems of religion that ever were invented, there is none more derogatory to the Almighty, more unedifying to man, more repugnant to reason, and more contradictory in itself than this thing called Christianity. Too absurd for belief, too impossible to convince, and too inconsistent for practice, it renders the heart torpid or […]
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind.
If there is a country in the world where concord, according to common calculation, would be least expected, it is America.
Our citizenship in the United States is our national character. Our citizenship in any particular state is only our local distinction. By the latter we are known at home, by the former to the world. Our great title is Americans- our inferior one varies with the place.
