"It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry."
-Thomas Paine
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"Persecution is not an original feature in any religion but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law.“
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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."
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"Reputation is what men and women think of us character is what God and angels know of us."
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"One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests."
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"My country is the world, and my religion is to do good."
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"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
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"This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple the philosophy is kindness."
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"It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to be dependent on tradition and second-hand ideals. Life will seem to you, later, not a lesser, but a greater thing."
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