It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.
THOMAS PAINEIt is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.
THOMAS PAINEA Constitution is not the act of a Government, but of a people constituting a government, and a government without a constitution is a power without right.
THOMAS PAINERights are not gifts from one man to another, nor from one class of men to another. It is impossible to discover any origin of rights otherwise than in the origin of man; it consequently follows that rights appertain to man in right of his existence, and must therefore be equal to every man.
THOMAS PAINEReason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
THOMAS PAINEPractical religion consists in doing good: and the only way of serving God is that of endeavoring to make His creation happy. All preaching that has not this for its object is nonsense and hypocrisy.
THOMAS PAINEArms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property… Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them.
THOMAS PAINEReputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.
THOMAS PAINEIf there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
THOMAS PAINECharacter is much easier kept than recovered.
THOMAS PAINEIt is always to be taken for granted, that those who oppose an equality of rights never mean the exclusion should take place on themselves.
THOMAS PAINEIt is important that we should never lose sight of this distinction. We must not confuse the peoples with their governments.
THOMAS PAINEThe slavery of fear had made men afraid to think.
THOMAS PAINETo argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
THOMAS PAINEIt is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error.
THOMAS PAINEI believe in one God, and no more; and I hope for happiness beyond this life. I believe in the equality of humans; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow creatures happy.
THOMAS PAINEGovernment, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
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