Quote by Thomas Paine
It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry. - Thom

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

Other quotes by Thomas Paine

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. – Thomas Paine

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Equality
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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. – Thomas Paine

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Freedom
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The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. – Thomas Paine

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Other Quotes from
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I told my wife the truth. I told her I was seeing a psychiatrist. Then she told me the truth: that she was seeing a psychiatrist, two plumbers, and a bartender. – Rodney Dangerfield

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Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth. – Katherine Mansfield

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It is a terrible thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his life he has been speaking nothing but the truth. – Oscar Wilde

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Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the justice that may consist with wrong-doing. – Henry David Thoreau

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Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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My brother was a lifeguard in a car wash. – Henny Youngman

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