All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.
Common Sense, Rights of Man
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"Kings succeed each other, not as rationals, but as animals. It signifies not what their mental or moral characters are."
Humorous"Government is no farther necessary than to supply the few cases to which society and civilization are not conveniently competent."
Controversial"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of custom."
Controversial"He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself."
Controversial"He that is not a patriot, if he has the soul of a man, must be a traitor."
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