Thomas Paine quotes - page 9

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)
The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you are abed. If you pull it upon your shoulders, your feet are left bare; if you thrust it down to your feet, your shoulders are uncovered. View quote
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Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us. View quote
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What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. View quote
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Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man. View quote
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It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of God, that the Bible describes. View quote
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Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true. View quote
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Human nature is not of itself vicious. View quote
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Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title. View quote
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The Vatican is a dagger in the heart of Italy. View quote
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The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance. (Thomas Paine)
To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their choice, and to say they had rather be loaded with taxes than not. View quote
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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. View quote
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Every religion is good that teaches man to be good; and I know of none that instructs him to be bad. View quote
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It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration. View quote
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Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society. View quote
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There are matters in the Bible, said to be done by the express commandment of God, that are shocking to humanity and to every idea we have of moral justice. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst. (Thomas Paine)
Is it not a species of blasphemy to call the New Testament revealed religion, when we see in it such contradictions and absurdities. View quote
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It is an affront to treat falsehood with complaisance. View quote
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War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end; it has but one thing certain, and that is to increase taxes. View quote
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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. View quote
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