Will Thomas
Will Thomas
Will Thomas may refer to:...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
truth liberty want
But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of appearing.
motivation reason possibility
We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities.
motivation mean soul
Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society.
motivation law religion
Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law.
atheist fear pain
I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church.
fake-people names devil
It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of God, that the Bible describes.
nature blood voice
Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, 'tis time to part.
motivation patriotic people
To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their choice, and to say they had rather be loaded with taxes than not.
virtue hereditary
Virtue is not hereditary.
weed together suspicion
Suspicion and persecution are weeds of the same dunghill, and flourish best together.
names causes tyranny
The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.
arms lasts conservative
The period of debate is closed. Arms, as a last resource, must decide the contest.
ignorance men ignorant
Ignorance is of a peculiar nature; once dispelled, it is impossible to reestablish it. It is not originally a thing of itself, but is only the absence of knowledge; and though man may be kept ignorant, he cannot be made ignorant.
blessing government evil
Some writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins ... Society is in every state a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.