There is a happiness in Deism, when rightly understood, that is not to be found inany other system of religion. All other systems have something in them that either shock our reason, or are repugnant to it, and man, if he thinks at all, must stifle his reason in order to force himself to believe them.
Thomas PaineGovernment, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built on the ruins of the bowers of paradise.
Thomas PaineMan did not enter society to be worse off, or to have fewer rights, but rather to have those rights better secured
Thomas PaineThe art of publicity is a black art; but it has come to stay, and every year adds to its potency.
Thomas PaineTitles are like a magicians wand which circumscribe human facility and prevent us from living the lives of man.
Thomas Paine