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We really haven't got any great amount of data on the subject, and without data how can we reach any definite conclusions?
If our nation can issue a dollar bond, it can issue a dollar bill.
I have never seen the slightest scientific proof of the religious ideas of heaven and hell, of future life for individuals, or of a personal God.
Jesus : Myth Or Reality? (2006)
The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will instruct his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.
In 'Common Sense' Paine flared forth with a document so powerful that the Revolution became inevitable. Washington recognized the difference, and in his calm way said that matters never could be the same again..
The Philosophy of Paine (1925)
If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
Hell! There ain't no rules around here! We are tryin' to accomplish somep'n!
I believe in the existence of a Supreme Intelligence pervading the Universe.
Discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I'll show you a failure.
Looking back to those times we cannot, without much reading, clearly gauge the sentiment of the Colonies.
The Philosophy of Paine (1925)
Tom Paine has almost no influence on present-day thinking in the United States because he is unknown to the average citizen.
The Philosophy of Paine (1925)
Many a person who could not comprehend Rousseau, and would be puzzled by Montesquieu, could understand Paine as an open book.
The Philosophy of Paine (1925)
The torch which he handed on will not be extinguished.
The Philosophy of Paine (1925)
I consider Paine our greatest political thinker. As we have not advanced, and perhaps never shall advance, beyond the Declaration and Constitution, so Paine has had no successors who extended his principles.
The Philosophy of Paine (1925)
We never had a sounder intelligence in this Republic. He was the equal of Washington in making American liberty possible.
The Philosophy of Paine (1925)
It is probable that we should have had the Revolution without Tom Paine. Certainly it could not be forestalled, once he had spoken.
The Philosophy of Paine (1925)
He has been called an atheist, but atheist he was not.
The Philosophy of Paine (1925)
It is very beautiful over there!
My mind is incapable of conceiving such a thing as a soul. I may be in error, and man may have a soul; but I simply do not believe it. What a soul may be is beyond my understanding.
So far as the religion of the day is concerned, it is a damned fake … Religion is all bunk.
What on Earth is an Atheist! (1972)