A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.
THOMAS PAINEA long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.
THOMAS PAINEWhen all other rights are taken away, the right of rebellion is made perfect.
THOMAS PAINEA body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.
THOMAS PAINETaxes were not raised to carry on wars, but that wars were raised to carry on taxes.
THOMAS PAINEIt 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.
THOMAS PAINEGovernment is best which governs least.
THOMAS PAINEIt is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error.
THOMAS PAINEGovernment, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
THOMAS PAINEIt is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.
THOMAS PAINEFor though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.
THOMAS PAINEThe harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
THOMAS PAINEIf I do not believe as you believe, it proves that you do not believe as I believe, and that is all that it proves.
THOMAS PAINEIt is easy to see that when republican virtue fails, slavery ensues.
THOMAS PAINEIn Deism our reason and our belief become happily united. The wonderful structure of the universe, and everything we behold in the system of the creation, prove to us, far better than books can do, the existence of a God, and at the same time proclaim His attributes.
THOMAS PAINEHe that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
THOMAS PAINEThe trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind.
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