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.
Government is best which governs least
It is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error.
The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.
He who dares not offend cannot be honest.
Ye that dare oppose, not only tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth!
When all other rights are taken away, the right of rebellion is made perfect.
These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it NOW, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
