"Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst."
― Thomas Paine
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Religion
More From Thomas Paine
- "Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society."
- "It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of God, that the Bible describes."
- "Is it not a species of blasphemy to call the New Testament revealed religion, when we see in it such contradictions and absurdities."
More In Religion
- "Religion points to that area of human experience where in one way or another man comes upon mystery as a summons to pilgrimage."― Frederick Buechner
- "My religion lies in my composition."― John Philip Sousa
- "Selfishness is the only real atheism; unselfishness the only real religion."― Israel Zangwill