For freemen like brothers agree; With one spirit endured, they one friendship pursued, And their temple was Liberty Tree
Thomas PaineTo possess ourselves of a clear idea of what government is, or ought to be, we must trace it to its origin.
Thomas PaineThe fable of Christ and his twelve apostles is a parody of the sun and the twelve signs of the Zodiac, copied from the ancient religions of the Eastern world. Every thing told of Christ has reference to the sun. His reported resurrection is at sunrise, and that on the first day of the week; that is, on the day anciently dedicated to the sun, and from thence called Sunday.
Thomas Paine