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42 Thomas Paine Quotes & Sayings
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42 Thomas Paine Quotes & Sayings
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Born: 29 January 1737. Died: 8 June 1809 |
Writer
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Philosopher
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Activist
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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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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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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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Thomas Paine
Bear
Benefits
Fatigue
Great
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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.
Thomas Paine
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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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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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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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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Thomas Paine
Consideration
Direction
Magnitude
Taken
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Thomas Paine
Horizon
Last
Liberty
Men
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Thomas Paine
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.
Thomas Paine
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.
Thomas Paine
Best
Blessing
Even
Every
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That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly.
Thomas Paine
Easily
Esteem
Lightly
Obtain
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Thomas Paine
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.
Thomas Paine
Basis
Cannot
Discover
Every
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An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.
Thomas Paine
Army
Cannot
Penetrate
Principles
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It is an affront to treat falsehood with complaisance.
Thomas Paine
Affront
Falsehood
Treat
Complaisance
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