More Quotes by Thomas Paine
When all other rights are taken away, the right of rebellion is made perfect.
The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.
Men who look upon themselves born to reign, and others to obey, soon grow insolent; selected from the rest of mankind their minds are early poisoned by importance; and the world they act in differs so materially from the world at large, that they have but little opportunity of knowing its true interests, and when they succeed to the government are frequently the most ignorant and unfit of any throughout the dominions.
Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.
There are two distinct classes of men - those who pay taxes and those who receive and live upon taxes.
It is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error.
Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them.
I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.
Government is best which governs least
No country can be called free which is governed by an absolute power; and it matters not whether it be an absolute royal power or an absolute legislative power, as the consequences will be the same to the people.
