Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old Thomas Paine quotes, Thomas Paine sayings, and Thomas Paine proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.'
What at first was plunder assumed the softer name of revenue.Thomas Paine
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The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.Thomas Paine
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When all other rights are taken away, the right of rebellion is made perfect.Thomas Paine
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The protection of a man's person is more sacred than the protection of his property.Thomas Paine
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The cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf.Thomas Paine
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There is something in corruption which, like a jaundiced eye, transfers the color of itself to the object it looks upon, and sees everything stained and impure.Thomas Paine
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It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration.Thomas Paine
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The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.Thomas Paine
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He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of reason rebels against tyranny has a better title to Defender of the Faith, than George the Third.Thomas Paine
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Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst.Thomas Paine
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Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value.Thomas Paine
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Tears may soothe the wounds they cannot heal.Thomas Paine
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We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities.Thomas Paine
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Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.Thomas Paine
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The duty of man is not a wilderness of turnpike gates, through which he is to pass by tickets from one to the other. It is plain and simple, and consists but of two points--his duty God, which every man must feel; and, with respect to his neighbor, to do as he would be done by.Thomas Paine
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A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.Thomas Paine
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What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.Thomas Paine
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Public credit is suspicion asleep.Thomas Paine
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The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.Thomas Paine
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The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.Thomas Paine
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Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title.Thomas Paine
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Titles do not count with posterity.Thomas Paine
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Titles are like a magicians wand which circumscribe human facility and prevent us from living the lives of man.Thomas Paine
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Men did not make the earth... It is the value of the improvements only, and not the earth itself, that is individual property. ... Every proprietor owes to the community a ground rent for the land which he holds.Thomas Paine
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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
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Suspicion and persecution are weeds of the same dunghill, and flourish best together.Thomas Paine
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Oppression is often the consequence, but seldom or never the means of riches.Thomas Paine
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The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection. Thomas Paine
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Government without a constitution, is a power without a right.Thomas Paine
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When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.Thomas Paine