Famous quotes containing the words thomas paine, thomas and/or paine:
“Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and torturous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness, with which more than half the Bible is filled, it would be more consistent that we called it the word of a demon than the Word of God. It is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize mankind.”
—Thomas Paine (1737–1809)
“The vain travail hath wearied me so sore,”
—Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503?–1542)
“My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.”
—Thomas Paine (1737–1809)