1.“美利坚合众国的政府在任何意义上都不是建立在基督教的基础上。”’（The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.）
2.‘“在最理想的世界，那里没有宗教。”’（This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it.）
3.‘“如果没有潘恩的这支笔，乔治•华盛顿所举起的剑将是徒然无功。”’（Without the pen of Paine, the sword of Washington would have been wielded in vain.）
4.‘“历史将会把美国的革命归因于托马斯•潘恩。”’（History would ascribe the American ** to Thomas Paine.）
5.著名之遗言:‘“托马斯•杰斐逊比我长命。”’（Thomas Jefferson's longevity than I.）
6.对于各门科学在建立国家进程中的时序性及其重要性：‘“国家政治学，相较于其他科学，是我应该潜心修习的；立法学、行政学与谈判学，就某种程度而言，应被置于众学门之上。我必须修习政治学与战争学，我们的后代才能在民主之上修习数学、哲学；我们的后代必须修习数学、哲学、地理学、博物学、造船学、航海学、商学及农学，以让他们的后代得以在科学之上学习绘画、诗歌、音乐、建筑、雕刻、绣织和瓷艺。”’（The science of government it is my duty to study, more than all other sciences; the arts of legislation and administration and negotiation ought to take the place of, indeed exclude, in a manner, all other arts. I must study politics and war, that our sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. Our sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history and naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry and porcelain.）
7.人类因偷吃禁果而失去天堂，这是几千年来的一个教训，但并未受到多大的重视。道德的反思、贤明的格言和宗教的恐怖与时下的爱好、偏见、想象、热情或异想天开的念头相抵触时，对国家并无多大影响。
8。吾辈需研习谋与战，则子可专攻数、理、史、地、工、商、农，则孙可醉心书画、诗词、礼乐、雕刻、针织、陶瓷。（I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain ）