Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the… — Thomas Paine

Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly-marked feature of all law-religions, or religions established by law.

Rights of Man · 1791
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Provenance
Current citation
Paine, Thomas. "Rights of Man." Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writings, edited by Mark Philp. Oxford University Press, 2009.
Original citation
Paine, Thomas. Rights of Man. London: J. S. Jordan, 1791.