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It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe.

Thomas Paine

Happiness

Infidelity

Man

It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.

Thomas Paine

Truth

Error

It is an affront to treat falsehood with complaisance.

Thomas Paine

Falsehood

Is it not a species of blasphemy to call the New Testament revealed religion, when we see in it such contradictions and absurdities.

Thomas Paine

Religion

New testament

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Thomas Paine

Conflict

I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy.

My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.

To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their choice, and to say they had rather be loaded with taxes than not.

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts.

Thomas Paine

Praise

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.

War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end; it has but one thing certain, and that is to increase taxes.

We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities.

Thomas Paine

Possibilities

Reason

We have it in our power to begin the world over again.