Thomas Paine quotes

Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my …Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion is to do good.

Happiness Life

The mind once enlightened cannot again become …The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.

Education Short Wisdom Experience

Whatever is my right as a man is also the right of another; and it becomes my duty to guarantee as …Whatever is my right as a man is also the right of another; and it becomes my duty to guarantee as well as to possess.

Morality

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too …The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow.

Smile Inspirational Growth Perseverance

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and …A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason.

Time

To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy …To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.

Simile Philosophy

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of …Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.

Freedom Courage

It is from the Bible that man has learned cruelty, rapine, and murder; for the belief of a cruel …It is from the Bible that man has learned cruelty, rapine, and murder; for the belief of a cruel God makes a cruel man.

Man Belief

These are the times that try men's …These are the times that try men's souls.

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