It is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error.
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.
More Thomas Paine Quotes
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It has been the political career of this man to begin with hypocrisy, proceed with arrogance, and finish with contempt.
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The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which other rights are protected. To take away this right is to reduce a man to slavery, for slavery consists in being subject to the will of another, and he that has not a vote in the election of representatives is in this case.
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It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.
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No country can be called free which is governed by an absolute power; and it matters not whether it be an absolute royal power or an absolute legislative power, as the consequences will be the same to the people.
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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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It 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.
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Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
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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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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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The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.
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In 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.
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An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.
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Virtue is not hereditary.
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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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What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
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