Thomas Paine Quotes And Sayings

It Is Error Only, And Not Truth, That Shrinks From Inquiry.

The Strength And Power Of Despotism Consists Wholly In The Fear Of Resistance.

Every Religion Is Good That Teaches Man To Be Good; And I Know Of None That Instructs Him To Be Bad.

When We Are Planning For Posterity, We Ought To Remember That Virtue Is Not Hereditary.

The Instant Formal Government Is Abolished, Society Begins To Act. A General Association Takes Place, And Common Interest Produces Common Security.

Government, Even In Its Best State, Is But A Necessary Evil; In Its Worst State, An Intolerable One.

Society In Every State Is A Blessing, But Government, Even In Its Best Stage, Is But A Necessary Evil; In Its Worst State An Intolerable One.

That Which We Obtain Too Easily, We Esteem Too Lightly.

Reason Obeys Itself; And Ignorance Submits To Whatever Is Dictated To It.

A Thing Moderately Good Is Not So Good As It Ought To Be. Moderation In Temper Is Always A Virtue; But Moderation In Principle Is Always A Vice.

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 We See In It Such Contradictions And Absurdities.

A Long Habit Of Not Thinking A Thing Wrong Gives It A Superficial Appearance Of Being Right.

If There Must Be Trouble, Let It Be In My Day, That My Child May Have Peace.

I Prefer Peace. But If Trouble Must Come, Let It Come In My Time, So That My Children Can Live In Peace.