Thomas Paine Quotes

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.

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.

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.

When my country, into which I had just set my foot, was set on fire about my ears, it was time to stir. It was time for every man to stir.