Quote by Thomas Paine
He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defe

He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of reason rebels against tyranny has a better title to Defender of the Faith, than George the Third. – Thomas Paine

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He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death. – Thomas Paine

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Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil in its worst state an intolerable one. – Thomas Paine

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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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Its faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Faith makes all evil good to us, and all good better unbelief makes all good evil, and all evil worse. Faith laughs at the shaking of the spear unbelief trembles at the shaking of a leaf. – Robert Cecil

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I dont know if the average person really has faith in Washington anymore. – Tori Amos

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Whoever removes the Cross and its interpretation by the New Testament from the center, in order to replace it, for example, with the social commitment of Jesus to the oppressed as a new center, no longer stands in continuity with the apostolic faith. – Hans Urs von Balthasar

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He fed his spirit with the bread of books. – Edwin Markham

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Music, when soft voices die Vibrates in the memory. – Percy Bysshe Shelley

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I dont envy or much respect people who are completely politicised. – Christopher Hitchens

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There’s an awful lot of blood around that water is thicker than. – Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic’s Notebook, 1966

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