Quotes
Quotes - Paine
And the final event to himself [Mr. Burke] has been, that, as he rose like a rocket, he fell like the stick.
These are the times that try men's souls.
The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again.
The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.
He who would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by ;degrees, the consequences will be the same.
A bad cause will never be supported by bad means and bad men.
The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and row brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and row brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
These are the times that try men's souls.
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.
We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in.
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
Action and care will in time wear down the strongest frame, but guilt and melancholy are poisons of quick dispatch.
'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. -Thomas Paine.
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
Man must go back to nature for information.
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheaply, we esteem too lightly; 'Tis dearness only that gives everything its value.
He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
My country is the world, and my religion to do good.
I die content, I die for the liberty of my country. [Fr., Je meurs content, je meurs pour la liberte de mon pays.]
