Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true.
Thomas PaineIn reviewing the history of the English Government, its wars and its taxes, a bystander, not blinded by prejudice nor warped by interest, would declare that taxes were not raised to carry on wars, but that wars were raised to carry on taxes.
Thomas PaineIt has been the political career of this man to begin with hypocrisy, proceed with arrogance, and finish with contempt
Thomas Paine