The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.

Thomas Paine

Dark Mind Once Again

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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.

Thomas Paine

Children Come Live Must

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Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

Thomas Paine

Best Even Evil Government

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The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Thomas Paine

Conflict Glorious Harder More

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Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.

Thomas Paine

Dictated Ignorance Itself Reason

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He 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 Paine

Duty Enemy Even Guard

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Character is much easier kept than recovered.

Thomas Paine

Character Easier Kept Much

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The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum.

Thomas Paine

Absence Asylum Complexion Due

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What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.

Thomas Paine

Cheap Esteem Everything Gives

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The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.

Thomas Paine

Against Errors Every Formidable

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I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy.

Thomas Paine

Believe Consist Doing Duties

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A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.

Thomas Paine

Appearance Being Gives Habit

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I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.

Thomas Paine

Approve Brave Business Conduct

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Those who want to reap the benefits of this great nation must bear the fatigue of supporting it.

Thomas Paine

Bear Benefits Fatigue Great

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One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.

Thomas Paine

Good Hundred More Priests

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Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law.

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All Religions Always Any Established

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The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security.

Thomas Paine

Abolish Act Association Begins

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My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.

Thomas Paine

Country Good Religion World

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Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

Thomas Paine

Angels Character God Know

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We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities.

Thomas Paine

Only Possibilities Reason We

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There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord.

Thomas Paine

Accord Act Bolt Classes

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When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.

Thomas Paine

Hereditary Ought Planning Posterity

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Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts.

Thomas Paine

Acquired Efforts Encourage Endeavor

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It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration.

Thomas Paine

Consideration Direction Magnitude Taken

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When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.

Thomas Paine

Horizon Last Liberty Men

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Church Mind My Own Own

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'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.

Thomas Paine

Approve Business Conduct Conscience

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The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

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Brethren Country Good Mankind

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It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe.

Thomas Paine

Believe Believing Consist Consists

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Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.

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Best Blessing Even Every

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That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly.

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Easily Esteem Lightly Obtain

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Human Human Nature Itself Nature

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We have it in our power to begin the world over again.

Thomas Paine

Again Begin Our Over

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Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title.

Thomas Paine

Every Nickname Nicknames Title

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To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches.

Thomas Paine

Abolish Any Branches Establish

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If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

Thomas Paine

Child Day May Must

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But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of appearing.

Thomas Paine

Appearing Ask Liberty Nature

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It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same.

Thomas Paine

Acres Battle Cause Consequences

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Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

Thomas Paine

Always Moderation Principle Temper

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Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as those by which the universe is regulated and governed. Man cannot make principles; he can only discover them.

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Basis Cannot Discover Every

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An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.

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Army Cannot Penetrate Principles

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It is an affront to treat falsehood with complaisance.

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Affront Falsehood Treat Complaisance

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"42 Thomas Paine Quotes & Sayings

The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.

Thomas Paine

I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.

Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Thomas Paine

Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.

Thomas Paine

He 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 Paine

Thomas Paine

The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum.

Thomas Paine

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.

Thomas Paine

The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.

Thomas Paine

I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy.

Thomas Paine

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.

Thomas Paine

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.

Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine

Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law.

Thomas Paine

The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security.

Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine

There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord.

Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts.

Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine

'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.

Thomas Paine

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

Thomas Paine

It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe.

Thomas Paine

Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.

Thomas Paine

That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly.

Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine

We have it in our power to begin the world over again.

Thomas Paine

Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title.

Thomas Paine

To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches.

Thomas Paine

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

Thomas Paine

But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of appearing.

Thomas Paine

It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same.

Thomas Paine

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

Thomas Paine

Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as those by which the universe is regulated and governed. Man cannot make principles; he can only discover them.

Thomas Paine

An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.

Thomas Paine

It is an affront to treat falsehood with complaisance.

Thomas Paine

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