Thomas Paine Quotations And Sayings

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“Horrid mischief would ensue were one-half the world deprived of the use of them; for while avarice and ambition have a place in the heart of man, the weak will become a prey to the strong. The history of every age and nation establishes these truths, and facts need but little arguments when they prove themselves.”
– Thomas Paine

“Human nature is not of itself vicious.”
– Thomas Paine

“I am sensible that he who means to do mankind a real service must set down with the determination of putting up, and bearing with all their faults, follies, prejudices and mistakes until he can convince them that he is right.”
– Thomas Paine

“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

“I have always strenuously supported the right of every man to his own opinion, however different that opinion might be to mine. He who denies to another this right, makes a slave of himself to his present opinion, because he precludes himself the right of changing it.”
– Thomas Paine

“I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.”
– Thomas Paine

“I offer nothing more than simple facts, plain arguments, and common sense.”
– Thomas Paine

“I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.”
– Thomas Paine

“If I do not believe as you believe, it proves that you do not believe as I believe, and that is all that it proves.”
– Thomas Paine

“If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.”
– Thomas Paine

“If we do not hang together, we shall surely hang separately.”
– Thomas Paine

“Ignorance is of a peculiar nature; once dispelled, it is impossible to reestablish it. It is not originally a thing of itself, but is only the absence of knowledge; and though man may be kept ignorant, he cannot be made ignorant.”
– Thomas Paine

“In the early ages of the world, according to the Scripture chronology there were no kings; the consequence of which was, there were no wars; it is the pride of kings which throws mankind into confusion.”
– Thomas Paine

“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.”
– Thomas Paine

“Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe.”
– Thomas Paine

“Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe.”
– Thomas Paine

“Is it more probable that nature should go out of her course or that a man should tell a lie? We have never seen, in our time, nature go out of her course. But we have good reason to believe that millions of lies have been told in the same time. It is therefore at least millions to one that the reporter of a miracle tells a lie.”
– 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.”
– Thomas Paine

“It is always to be taken for granted, that those who oppose an equality of rights never mean the exclusion should take place on themselves.”
– Thomas Paine

“It is an affront to treat falsehood with complaisance.”
– Thomas Paine

“It is dearness only that gives everything its value.”
– Thomas Paine

“It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.”
– Thomas Paine

“It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself.”
– Thomas Paine

“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

“It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of God, that the Bible describes.”
– Thomas Paine

“It is pleasant to observe by what regular gradation we surmount the force of local prejudice as we enlarge our acquaintance with the world.”
– Thomas Paine

“It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration.”
– Thomas Paine

“Lead, follow, or get out of the way.”
– Thomas Paine

“Let them call me a rebel and welcome. I feel no concern from it. But should I suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul.”
– Thomas Paine

“Man did not enter society to be worse off, or to have fewer rights, but rather to have those rights better secured.”
– Thomas Paine

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