More Quotes by Thomas Paine
Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
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.
The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.
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.
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.
The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind.
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.
There are two distinct classes of men - those who pay taxes and those who receive and live upon taxes.
