More Quotes by Thomas Paine
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.
Ye that dare oppose, not only tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth!
It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.
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 trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind.
To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.
Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.
The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.
When all other rights are taken away, the right of rebellion is made perfect.
He who dares not offend cannot be honest.
