Quote by Thomas Paine
All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian o

All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit. – Thomas Paine

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

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To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches. – Thomas Paine

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Every religion is good that teaches man to be good and I know of none that instructs him to be bad. – Thomas Paine

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What this power is I cannot say all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it. – Alexander Graham Bell

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The power which establishes a state is violence the power which maintains it is violence the power which eventually overthrows it is violence. – Kenneth Kaunda

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In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer – the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power. – A. J. P. Taylor

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No power on earth has a right to take our property from us without our consent. – John Jay

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