Thomas Paine ,quotes

The most formidable weapon aga...

The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.

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He that rebels against reason ...

He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of reason rebels against tyranny has a better title to Defender of the Faith, than George the Third.

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We can only reason from what i...

We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities.

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But such is the irresistable n...

But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of appearing.

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The Vatican is a dagger in the...

The Vatican is a dagger in the heart of Italy.

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When we are planning for poste...

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.

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Human nature is not of itself ...

Human nature is not of itself vicious.

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Virtues are acquired through e...

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts.

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Titles are but nicknames, and ...

Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title.

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War involves in its progress s...

War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end; it has but one thing certain, and that is to increase taxes.

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There are matters in the Bible...

There are matters in the Bible, said to be done by the express commandment of God, that are shocking to humanity and to every idea we have of moral justice.

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It is not a field of a few acr...

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.

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To establish any mode to aboli...

To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches.

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Every science has for its basi...

Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as those by which the universe is regulated and governed. Man cannot make principles; he can only discover them.

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There are two distinct classes...

There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord.

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The abilities of man must fall...

The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you are abed. If you pull it upon your shoulders, your feet are left bare; if you thrust it down to your feet, your shoulders are uncovered.

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He, who survives his reputatio...

He, who survives his reputation, lives out of despite himself, like a man listening to his own reproach.

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Where there are no distinction...

Where there are no distinctions there can be no superiority; perfect equality affords no temptation.

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Some people can be reasoned in...

Some people can be reasoned into sense, and others must be shocked into it.

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The reformation was preceded b...

The reformation was preceded by the discovery of America, as if the Almighty graciously meant to open a sanctuary to the persecuted in future years, when home should afford neither friendship nor safety.

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