Quote by Thomas Paine
I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time,

I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace. – 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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