What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
THOMAS PAINEFrom the east to the west blow the trumpet to arms! Through the land let the sound of it flee; Let the far and the near all unite, with a cheer, In defense of our Liberty Tree.
More Thomas Paine Quotes
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We repose an unwise confidence in any government, or in any men, when we invest them officially with too much, or an unnecessary quantity of, discretionary power.
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An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.
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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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Every person of learning is finally his own teacher.
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A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.
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Religion is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it as I detest everything that is cruel.
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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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I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.
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Every proprietor owes to the community a ground-rent for the land which he holds.
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Government without a constitution, is a power without a right.
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From the east to the west blow the trumpet to arms! Through the land let the sound of it flee; Let the far and the near all unite, with a cheer, In defense of our Liberty Tree.
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When it becomes necessary to do a thing, the whole heart and soul should go into the measure, or not attempt it.
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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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Christianity is the strangest religion ever set up, for it committed a murder upon Jesus in order to redeem mankind from the sin of eating an apple.
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It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.
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