Will Thomas
Will Thomas
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NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
wickedness age-of-reason humankind
Religion is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it as I detest everything that is cruel.
freedom fear pain
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.
tyranny greater
There is no greater tyranny than that of the dead over the living.
supposing-that islands care
Small islands, not capable of protecting themselves, are the proper objects for kingdoms to take under their care; but there is something absurd, in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island.
arms lasts conservative
The period of debate is closed. Arms, as a last resource, must decide the contest.
degenerates aristocracy tendencies
Aristocracy has a tendency to degenerate the human species.
aristocracy injustice tyranny
Aristocracy is kept up by family tyranny and injustice.
equality men heaven
All the religions known in the world are founded, so far as they relate to man or the unity of man, as being all of one degree. Whether in heaven or in hell, or in whatever state man may be supposed to exist hereafter, the good and the bad are the only distinctions.
intimacy infancy lasting
The intimacy which is contracted in infancy, and friendship which is formed in misfortune, are, of all others, the most lasting and unalterable.
oppression grows ifs
Immediate necessity makes many things convenient, which if continued would grow into oppressions.
second-amendment balance arms
The balance of power is the scale of peace.
punishment roots government
Lay then the axe to the root, and teach governments humanity. It is their sanguinary punishments which corrupt mankind.
drinking vanity europe
Paper money is like dram-drinking, it relieves for a moment by deceitful sensation, but gradually diminishes the natural heat, and leaves the body worse than it found it. Were not this the case, and could money be made of paper at pleasure, every sovereign in Europe would be as rich as he pleased. But the truth is, that it is a bubble and the attempt vanity. Nature has provided the proper materials for money: gold and silver, and any attempt of ours to rival her is ridiculous....
encouragement opportunity world
...we have every opportunity and every encouragement before us, to form the noblest truest constitution on the face of the earth. We have it in our power to begin the world over again.