Will Thomas
Will Thomas
Will Thomas may refer to:...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
pain motivation government
The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security.
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.
wisdom government hands
We still find the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry and grasping at the spoil of the multitude. Invention is continually exercised to furnish new pretenses for revenue and taxation. It watches prosperity as its prey and permits none to escape without a tribute.
bible stupid may
The stupid texts of the Bible - from which, be the talents of the preacher what they may, only stupid sermons can be preached.
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.
heart agony hatred
There is something in meanness which excites a species of resentment that never subsides, and something in cruelty which stirs up the heart to the highest agony of human hatred.
mind cabinets fortitude
There is a natural firmness in some minds, which cannot be unlocked by trifles, but which, when unlocked, discovers a cabinet of fortitude.