Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion is to do good.
-Thomas Paine

Former South Jersey resident Thomas Paine was a driving force in the American revolution and in this atmosphere of wickedness and deceit his words still ring true for all who care to listen honestly.

It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.
My mind is my own church.
Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
We have it in our power to begin the world over again.

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