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Thomas Paine Quotes

There is something in meanness which excites a species of resentment that never subsides, and something in cruelty which stirs up the heart to the highest agony of human hatred Picture Quote #1

Evils, like poisons, have their uses, and there are diseases which no other remedy can reach Picture Quote #1

The animals to whom nature has given the faculty we call cunning know always when to use it, and use it wisely; but when man descends to cunning he blunders and betrays Picture Quote #1

Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe Picture Quote #1

Man did not enter society to be worse off, or to have fewer rights, but rather to have those rights better secured Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing Picture Quote #1

Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph Picture Quote #1

That there are men in all countries who get their living by war, and by keeping up the quarrels of nations is as shocking as it is true Picture Quote #1

Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built on the ruins of the bowers of paradise Picture Quote #1

The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason. I have never used any other, and I trust I never shall Picture Quote #1

To reason with goverments, as they have existed for ages, is to argue with brutes. It is only from the nations themselves that reforms can be expected Picture Quote #1

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It was needless, after this, to say that all was vanity and vexation of spirit; for it is impossible to derive happiness from the company of those whom we deprive of happiness Picture Quote #1

Let them call me a rebel and welcome. I feel no concern from it. But should I suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul Picture Quote #1

Whatever is my right as a man is also the right of another; and it becomes my duty to guarantee as well as to possess Picture Quote #1

He that is the author of war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death Picture Quote #1

The Christian religion is a parody on the worship of the sun, in which they put a man called Christ in the place of the sun, and pay him the adoration originally payed to the sun Picture Quote #1

Nothing, they say is more certain than death, and nothing more uncertain than the time of dying Picture Quote #1

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Every child born in the world must be considered as deriving its existence from God. The world is this new to him as it was to the first that existed, and his natural right in it is of the same kind Picture Quote #1

Society in every state is a blessing, but a government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one Picture Quote #1

The strength of one man is so unequal to his wants, and his mind so unfitted for perpetual solitude, that he is soon obliged to seek assistance and relief of another, who in his turn requires the same Picture Quote #1

To reason with governments, as they have existed for ages, is to argue with brutes. It is only from the nations themselves that reforms can be expected Picture Quote #1

Common sense will tell us, that the power which hath endeavoured to subdue us, is of all others, the most improper to defend us Picture Quote #1

Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best state, is a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one Picture Quote #1

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Enforce obedience thereto. The object, on either side, doth not justify the means; for the lives of men are too Picture Quote #1

We must be compelled to hold this doctrine to be false, and the old and new law called the Old and new Testament, to be impositions, fables and forgeries Picture Quote #1

A government or an administration, who means and acts honestly, has nothing to fear, and consequently has nothing to conceal Picture Quote #1

The more simple any thing is, the less liable it is to be disordered, and the easier repaired when disordered Picture Quote #1

It is a duty incumbent on every true deist, that he vindicates the moral justice of God against the calumnies of the Bible Picture Quote #1

What we obtain too cheaply, we esteem too lightly; it's dearness only that gives everything its value Picture Quote #1

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There is something in meanness which excites a species of resentment that never subsides, and something in cruelty which stirs up the heart to the highest agony of human hatred (Thomas Paine Quotes) Evils, like poisons, have their uses, and there are diseases which no other remedy can reach (Thomas Paine Quotes) The animals to whom nature has given the faculty we call cunning know always when to use it, and use it wisely; but when man descends to cunning he blunders and betrays (Thomas Paine Quotes) Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe (Thomas Paine Quotes) Man did not enter society to be worse off, or to have fewer rights, but rather to have those rights better secured (Thomas Paine Quotes) 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 (Thomas Paine Quotes) But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing (Thomas Paine Quotes) Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph (Thomas Paine Quotes) That there are men in all countries who get their living by war, and by keeping up the quarrels of nations is as shocking as it is true (Thomas Paine Quotes) Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built on the ruins of the bowers of paradise (Thomas Paine Quotes) The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason. I have never used any other, and I trust I never shall (Thomas Paine Quotes) To reason with goverments, as they have existed for ages, is to argue with brutes. It is only from the nations themselves that reforms can be expected (Thomas Paine Quotes) It was needless, after this, to say that all was vanity and vexation of spirit; for it is impossible to derive happiness from the company of those whom we deprive of happiness (Thomas Paine Quotes) Let them call me a rebel and welcome. I feel no concern from it. But should I suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul (Thomas Paine Quotes) Whatever is my right as a man is also the right of another; and it becomes my duty to guarantee as well as to possess (Thomas Paine Quotes) He that is the author of war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death (Thomas Paine Quotes) The Christian religion is a parody on the worship of the sun, in which they put a man called Christ in the place of the sun, and pay him the adoration originally payed to the sun (Thomas Paine Quotes) Nothing, they say is more certain than death, and nothing more uncertain than the time of dying (Thomas Paine Quotes) Every child born in the world must be considered as deriving its existence from God. The world is this new to him as it was to the first that existed, and his natural right in it is of the same kind (Thomas Paine Quotes) Society in every state is a blessing, but a government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one (Thomas Paine Quotes) The strength of one man is so unequal to his wants, and his mind so unfitted for perpetual solitude, that he is soon obliged to seek assistance and relief of another, who in his turn requires the same (Thomas Paine Quotes) To reason with governments, as they have existed for ages, is to argue with brutes. It is only from the nations themselves that reforms can be expected (Thomas Paine Quotes) Common sense will tell us, that the power which hath endeavoured to subdue us, is of all others, the most improper to defend us (Thomas Paine Quotes) Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best state, is a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one (Thomas Paine Quotes) Enforce obedience thereto. The object, on either side, doth not justify the means; for the lives of men are too (Thomas Paine Quotes) We must be compelled to hold this doctrine to be false, and the old and new law called the Old and new Testament, to be impositions, fables and forgeries (Thomas Paine Quotes) A government or an administration, who means and acts honestly, has nothing to fear, and consequently has nothing to conceal (Thomas Paine Quotes) The more simple any thing is, the less liable it is to be disordered, and the easier repaired when disordered (Thomas Paine Quotes) It is a duty incumbent on every true deist, that he vindicates the moral justice of God against the calumnies of the Bible (Thomas Paine Quotes) What we obtain too cheaply, we esteem too lightly; it's dearness only that gives everything its value (Thomas Paine Quotes)

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