Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Thomas Paine on the moral duty of mankind.

"... the moral duty of man consists of imitating the moral goodness and beneficence of God manifested in the creation towards all his creatures. That seeing, as we daily do, the goodness of God to all men, it is an example calling upon all ment to practice the same towards each other; and consequently that every thing of persecution and revenge between man and man, and every thing of cruelty to animals, is a violation of moral duty." Thomas Paine, Age of Reason, I, 1794.
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  1. AnonymousJune 8, 2011 at 10:51 PM

    Great quote.

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  2. Susan @ Blackberry CreekJune 9, 2011 at 5:57 AM

    I think these new-age republicans would do well to stop reading Ayn Rand and start reading Thomas Paine.

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