Thomas Paine Quotes
"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right""The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection""Character is much easier kept than recovered""Common sense will tell us that the power which hath endeavoured to subdue us is of all others the most improper to defend us""The duty of a true patriot is to protect his country from its government""We have it in our power to begin the world over again""Time makes more converts than reason""Government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one""He who dares not offend cannot be honest""My country is the world, and my religion is to do good""What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value""The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph""Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.""The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.""These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman."
