55 Quotations by Thomas Paine
- 21. If there must be trouble let it be in my day, that my child may have peace
- 22. It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.
- 23. It is impossible to calculate the moral mischief, if I may so express it, that mental lying has prod ...
- 24. It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not ...
- 25. It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defea ...
- 26. It is the duty of every patriot to protect his country from its government.
- 27. My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.
- 28. Our citizenship in the United States is our national character. Our citizenship in any particular st ...
- 29. Reputation is what men and women think of us. Character is what God and the angels know of us.
- 30. Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evi ...
- 31. Such is the irresistible nature of truth that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appea ...
- 32. Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society.
- 33. That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly.
- 34. The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you ar ...
- 35. The final event to himself has been, that as he rose like a rocket, he fell like the stick.
- 36. The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too ligh ...
- 37. The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place ...
- 38. The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.
- 39. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his cou ...
- 40. The Vatican is a dagger in the heart of Italy.
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