Testimonials

Benjamin Franklin said about the vision of America "...only Thomas Paine can write for us..."

George Washington, 1st American President, said he "subscribed himself" to Paine and knew "the importance of your works."

John Adams, 2nd American President, said "History will ascribe the American Revolution to Thomas Paine..."

Marquis de Lafayette said "Free America without her Thomas Paine is unthinkable."

After Paine wrote the two Age of Reason books and Christian churches forbid their members to read them (and instructed their flocks to shun him as a devil), a few prominent Americans remained friends...

Thomas Jefferson, 3rd American President (and lifelong friend) said: "That you live long and continue your useful labors, and to reap the reward of the thankfulness of nations is my sincere prayer."

Maj. General Nathanael Greene, Revolutionary War Hero, said "I see you are determined to follow your genius and not your fortune... I must confess I think you have been shamefully neglected and that America is indebted..."

James Monroe, 5th American President said, "The citizens of the United States cannot look back upon the time of their own revolution without recollecting among the names of their most distinguished patriots that of Thomas Paine.

After Paine's death, virtually no politician publicly speaks kindly of Paine's political virtues, much less his religious wisdom, with a couple of notable exceptions.

John Quincy Adams, 6th American President, said Thomas Paine's writing was "the first factor in bringing about the Revolution."

Andrew Jackson, 7th American President, said, "Thomas Paine,,, has erected a monument in the hearts of all lovers of liberty."

After these Presidents, virtually no prominent politician will publicly speak of Paine's political virtues for decades, much less his religious wisdom, with one notable exception.

Abraham Lincoln, 16th American President said, "I never tire of reading Paine."

Now decades will pass with no prominent politician publicly speaking of Paine's virtues. The religious repression of his work is so complete that even Roosevelt succumbs, stooping low for political gain...

Theodore Roosevelt, 26th American President called Paine, "... a dirty little atheist."

Today, most politicians avoid any references to Paine, but his fame is slowly returning in some quarters. In fact, his name has become reverential among journalists and free speech advocates, and hundreds of thousands of independent thinkers now draw inspiration from him... You can't stop the truth!

Walt Whitman said Paine was "among the best and truest of men."

Thomas Alva Edison, the great American inventor, said of Paine, "We never had a sounder intelligence in this Republic."

Helen Keller said, " if the principles and philosophy of Thomas Paine spread over the face of the earth. peace, freedom and happiness may be the lot of all mankind.

Lastly, from Paine himself, here are some truly telling words that reveal the heart and soul of a man who was a leader among leaders: "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."