It is far better that we admitted a thousand devils to roam at large t…

Thomas Paine
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It is far better that we admitted a thousand devils to roam at large than that we permitted one such imposter and monster as Moses, Joshua, Samuel, and the Bible prophets, to come with the pretended word of God and have credit among us. ✨ Thomas Paine (1835). The Theological Works of Thomas Paine: The Most Complete Edition Ever Published, p.151
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