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• Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst. -- Thomas Paine
• I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of.
  My own mind is my own church. -- Thomas Paine...
• I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish Church, by the Roman Church, by the Greek Church, by the Turkish Church, by the Protestant Church, nor by any Church that I know of.
  My own mind is my own Church. -- Thomas Paine...
• The world is my country, all mankind are my brethern, and to do good is my religion.
  -- Thomas Paine...
• Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself-that is my doctrine.
  -- Thomas Paine (1737-1809)...
• Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucherie
  he cruel and torturous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness, with which more than half the bible is filled, it would seem more consistent that we called it the word of a demon than the Word of God....
• Brief History Of Linux (#9) Edison's most important invention One of Thomas Edison's most profound inventions was that of patent litigation.
  Edison used his many patents on motion pictures to monopolize the motion picture industry....
• Man, were he not corrupted by Governments, is naturally the friend of Man, and that human nature is not of itself vicious.
  -- Thomas Paine...
• The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animals.
  Some of their most esteemed inventions have no other apparent purpose, for example, the dinner party of more than two, the epic poem, and the science of metaphysics....