in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffe… - Thomas Paine

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

Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil;

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

I [...] could not avoid reflecting how wretched was the condition of a disrespected man.

It frequently happens that in proportion as we are taught to dislike persons and countries, not knowing why, we feel an ardor of esteem upon the removal of the mistake: it seems as if something was to be made amends for, and we eagerly give in to every office of friendship, to atone for the injury of the error. But, perhaps, there is something in the extent of countries, which, among the generality of people, insensibly communicates extension of the mind. The soul of an islander, in its native state, seems bounded by the foggy confines of the water's edge, and all beyond affords to him matters only for profit or curiosity, not for friendship. His island is to him his world, and fixed to that, his everything centers in it; while those who are inhabitants of a continent, by casting their eye over a larger field, take in likewise a larger intellectual circuit, and thus approaching nearer to an acquaintance with the universe, their atmosphere of thought is extended, and their liberality fills a wider space. In short, our minds seem to be measured by countries when we are men, as they are by places when we are children, and until something happens to disentangle us from the prejudice, we serve under it without perceiving it.

Moloch'tan modern Tanrı iradesi anlayışına kadar geçen süre içinde ortaya çıkan bozulmalar ve eski mitolojilerdeki insan kurban edilmesinden yaratıcıya adanan Hıristiyan kurbanlarına kadar tüm uygulamalar vahiy dini adı verilen sistemi kabul etmekle ortaya çıkmıştır. Tüm bu kötülük ve dayatmaları engellemenin en etkili yolu, Yaratılışın kitabındaki mesajlardan başkasını kabul etmemek ve Yaratılışı Tanrı'nın geçmiş ya da gelecekteki tek doğru ve gerçek kelamı olarak kabul etmektir; bunun dışında Tanrı Kelamı olarak adlandırılan her şey uydurma ve dayatmadır.