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Thomas Paine
American patriot & political philosopher
| “ | Better fare hard with good men than feast it with bad. | ” |
| “ | He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself. | ” |
| “ | Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness. | ” |
| “ | Such is the irresistible nature of truth that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing. | ” |
| “ | The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection. | ” |
| “ | The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
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| “ | To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. | ” |
| “ | What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly. | ” |
| “ | When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.
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| “ | 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.
"The Rights of Man", 1792 | ” |
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