Thomas Paine Quotes About Persecution
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Whence arose all the horrid assassinations of whole nations of men, women, and infants, with which the Bible is filled; and the bloody persecutions, and tortures unto death, and religiosu wars, that since that time have laid Europe in blood and ashes; whence arose they, but from this impious thing called religion, and this monstrous belief that God has spoken to man?
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The moral duty of man consists of imitating the moral goodness and beneficence of God, manifested in the creation towards all his creatures. Everything of persecution and revenge between man and man, and everything of cruelty to animals is a violation of moral duty
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Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law.
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Suspicion and persecution are weeds of the same dunghill, and flourish best together.
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