Thomas Paine

But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it…

That God cannot lie, is no advantage to your argument, because it is no proof…

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil in its worst state…

To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their…

Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as…

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection…

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man…

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress…

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

Is it not a species of blasphemy to call the New Testament revealed religion, when…

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue…

These are the times that try men’s souls…

Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society…

The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place…

Time makes more converts than reason…