Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society. – Thomas Paine
What at first was plunder assumed the softer name of revenue. – Thomas Paine

Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society. – Thomas Paine
What at first was plunder assumed the softer name of revenue. – Thomas Paine
I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace. – Thomas Paine
Every religion is good that teaches man to be good and I know of none that instructs him to be bad. – Thomas Paine