The American Crisis #5, "To General Sir William Howe" (23 Mar 1778) - Paine, Thomas | WIST Quotations
To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an Atheist by scripture. Sometimes shortened as: "To argue with a man who has renounced his…
