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• The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.
  -- Thomas Paine, "Age of Reaso...
• Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst. -- Thomas Paine
• Man, were he not corrupted by Governments, is naturally the friend of Man, and that human nature is not of itself vicious.
  -- Thomas Paine...
• Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself-that is my doctrine.
  -- Thomas Paine (1737-1809)...
• The oldest of all philosophies, that of Evolution, was bound hand and foot and cast into utter darkness during the millennium of theological scholasticism.
  But Darwin poured new lifeblood into the ancient frame...
• Why must every generation think their folks are square?
• 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....
• If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. -- Thomas Paine
• Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
  -- Thomas Paine...