#go

You gotta keep the ball off the fat part of the bat. ↗

— Satchel Paige

#bat #fat #gotta #keep #off

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#best #even #evil #intolerable #necessary

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#brethren #country #good #mankind #world

Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#blessing #even #every #evil #government

There are matters in the Bible, said to be done by the express commandment of God, that are shocking to humanity and to every idea we have of moral justice. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#commandment #done #every #express #god

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#belief #cruel #god #makes #man

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#character #god #know #men #men and women

One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#hundred #more #priests #schoolmaster #than

That God cannot lie, is no advantage to your argument, because it is no proof that priests can not, or that the Bible does not. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#argument #because #bible #cannot #does

Every religion is good that teaches man to be good; and I know of none that instructs him to be bad. ↗

— Thomas Paine

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