Thomas Paine

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.

Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

Fear follows crime and is its punishment.

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

Protestants in France are under intolerable despotism. Although open persecution does not now exist, yet it depends upon the whim of the king, queen, parliament, or any of the ministry.