Quotes by Thomas Paine

Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true.

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

We have it in our power to begin the world over again.

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.

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.

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

Human nature is not of itself vicious.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.

These are the times that try men’s souls.