Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.
THOMAS PAINEI have always strenuously supported the right of every man to his own opinion, however different that opinion might be to mine. He who denies to another this right, makes a slave of himself to his present opinion, because he precludes himself the right of changing it.
More Thomas Paine Quotes
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It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.
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Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
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Reason and Ignorance, the opposites of each other, influence the great bulk of mankind. If either of these can be rendered sufficiently extensive in a country, the machinery of Government goes easily on. Reason obeys itself; and Ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
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It is always to be taken for granted, that those who oppose an equality of rights never mean the exclusion should take place on themselves.
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There are two distinct classes of men – those who pay taxes and those who receive and live upon taxes.
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These are the times that try men’s souls.
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One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.
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Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
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Government is best which governs least.
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It is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error.
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These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it NOW, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
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Virtue is not hereditary.
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Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
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Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
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A 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.
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