"It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of God, that the Bible describes."
― Thomas Paine
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Death
More From Thomas Paine
- "But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of appearing."
- "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."
- "To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their choice, and to say they had rather be loaded with taxes than not."
More In Death
- "There’s nothing wrong in suffering, if you suffer for a purpose. Our revolution didn’t abolish danger or death. It simply made danger and death worthwhile."― H. G. Wells
- "I don’t like being 50 and I don’t like thinking about death."― Howard Stern
- "Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven."― Confucius