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I am speaking of facts; for wherever the thing called a fact is a falsehood, the faith founded upon it is delusion, and the doctrine raised upon it n… - Thomas Paine
" "I am speaking of facts; for wherever the thing called a fact is a falsehood, the faith founded upon it is delusion, and the doctrine raised upon it not true. Ah, reader, put thy trust in thy Creator, and thou wilt be safe! But if thou trustest to the book called the scriptures, thou trustest to the rotten staff of fable and falsehood.
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Thomas Paine (February 9, 1737 [O.S. January 29, 1736] – 8 June 1809) was a British-American political writer, theorist, and activist who had a great influence on the thoughts and ideas which led to the American Revolution and the United States Declaration of Independence. He wrote three of the most influential and controversial works of the 18th Century: Common Sense, Rights of Man, and The Age of Reason. His ideas reflected Enlightenment-era ideals of transnational human rights.
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Quizá los pensamientos que expongo en las siguientes páginas aún no están en boga ni tienen el favor general. El viejo hábito de no pensar que algo está mal puede dar la sensación de que está bien, y genera en un primer momento el impulso de defender las costumbres. Pero el tumulto pronto se apacigua. El tiempo hace más conversos que la razón.
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