More Quotes by Thomas Paine
Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.
When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind, as to [profess] things he does not believe, he has prepared himself for the commission of every other crime.
There are two distinct classes of men - those who pay taxes and those who receive and live upon taxes.
Government is best which governs least
The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.
It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.
When all other rights are taken away, the right of rebellion is made perfect.
The slavery of fear had made men afraid to think.
Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind.