Quote by Thomas Paine
Persecution is not an original feature in any religion but it is a

Persecution is not an original feature in any religion but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law. – Thomas Paine

Other quotes by Thomas Paine

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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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

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Happiness
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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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good
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Other Quotes from
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I have quite a few different Bibles. Having rejected my parents religion, I still think the King James Bible is the most important work of literature in English. None of us can help being influenced by it. – Ken Follet

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Religion

Religion theme aside, most of the time Im in some sort of comedy and Im a straight man and its really just, lets wind this guy up and see him explode. – Colin Hanks

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Religion

I still love the theology of the Mormon religion and think it is a wonderful way to grow up. – Katherine Heigl

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Religion

A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion. – Mahatma Gandhi

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Religion

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Ever since the collapse of cap and trade legislation and the realization that President Obama is unlikely to ever utter the words climate change in public again, much less use the bully pulpit to prepare the nation for the catastrophic risks of inaction, the movement has been in a funk. – Jeff Goodell

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Change

When youre happy you dont always have to be laughing, and when youre sad you dont have to be crying sometimes its the opposite. You laugh when youre the most upset. – Freddie Highmore

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The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, youve got it made. – Groucho Marx

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It was the hour of four in the afternoon, and already in hillside homesteads the day was nearly done. There was everywhere an air of that sweet, old-fashioned leisure which the world has nearly lost. It lingered in the slant sunlight that threw shadows across the winding road… – Florence Bone (1875–1971), The Morning of To‑Day, 1907

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Leisure