He who denies to another this right, makes a slave of himself to his present opinion, because he precludes himself the right of changing it. The most… - Thomas Paine

The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason. I have never used any other, and I trust I never shall.

The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is Reason.

The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is Reason. I have never used any other, and I trust I never shall.

Here then is the origin and rise of government; namely, a mode rendered necessary by the inability of moral virtue to govern the world; here too is the design and end of government, viz. freedom and security.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace; and this single reflection, well applied, is sufficient to awaken every man to duty.

Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built upon the ruins of the bowers of paradise.