More Quotes by Thomas Paine
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.
Christianity is the strangest religion ever set up, for it committed a murder upon Jesus in order to redeem mankind from the sin of eating an apple.
When all other rights are taken away, the right of rebellion is made perfect.
The slavery of fear had made men afraid to think.
Ye that dare oppose, not only tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth!
Government is best which governs least
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.
A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.
A constitution defines and limits the powers of the government it creates. It therefore follows, as a natural and also a logical result, that the governmental exercise of any power not authorized by the constitution is an assumed power, and therefore illegal.
It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.
