Thomas Paine: “An illicit trade, under any shape it can be placed, cannot be carried on without a violation of truth.”

When another nation shall join France, despotism and bad government will scarcely dare to appear.

As to what are called national religions, we may, with as much propriety, talk of national Gods.

The present age will hereafter merit to be called the Age of Reason, and the present generation will appear to the future as the Adam of a new world.

In contemplating revolutions, it is easy to perceive that they may arise from two distinct causes; the one, to avoid or get rid of some great calamity; the other, to obtain some great and positive good; and the two may be distinguished by…