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More Quotes by Thomas Paine
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.
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.
When all other rights are taken away, the right of rebellion is made perfect.
The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.
Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.
It is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error.
He who dares not offend cannot be honest.
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.
It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.
I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.
