59 result(s) for Thomas Paine Quotes.
"Lead, follow, or get out of the way."
"I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace."
"The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately."
"It is the living and only the living who have given governments their power."
"Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered."
"One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests."
"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
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"To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason is like administering medicine to the dead."
"Society is produced by our wants and government by wickedness; the former promotes our happiness POSITIVELY by uniting our affections, the latter NEGATIVELY by restraining our vices."
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
"Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as those by which the universe is regulated and governed."
"A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice."
"The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security."
"It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending."
"The duty of a true patriot is to protect his country from its government."
"My country is the world, and my religion is to do good."
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again."
"The greatest remedy for anger is delay."
"He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach himself."
"Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself."
"Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property."
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"When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon."
"Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil."
"He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression."
"Those who want to reap the benefits of this great nation must bear the fatigue of supporting it."
"It is from the Bible that man has learned cruelty, rapine, and murder; for the belief of a cruel God makes a cruel man."
"It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry."
"To argue with a man who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead."
"Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil."
"Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."
"He who dares not offend cannot be honest."
"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
"The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value."
"Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it."
"It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same."
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"It is the madness of folly, to expect mercy from those who have refused to do justice; and even mercy, where conquest is the object, is only a trick of war; the cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf."
"A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody."
"The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind."
"It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government."
"These are the times that try men's souls."
"Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one."
"The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."
"The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion."
"The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection."
"It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr."
"Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness."
"Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man."
"It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself."
"The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark."
"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
"The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind."
"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right."
"Character is much easier kept than recovered."
"To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead."
"Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is a species of vice."
"Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us."
"The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason."
"When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary."
"Time makes more converts than reason."
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