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• We have it in our power to begin the world over again.

  Thomas Paine

  Change, Motivation, 4th Of July

  Common Sense appendix (1776)

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• These are the times that try men's souls.

  Thomas Paine

  Veterans Day, Time, Motivation

  The American Crisis, 19 Dec. 1776

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• A constitution is not the act of a government, but of a people constituting a government; and government without a constitution is power without a right. All power exercised over a nation, must have some beginning. It must be either delegated, or assumed. There are not other sources. All delegated power is trust, and all assumed power is usurpation. Time does not alter the nature and quality of either.

  Thomas Paine

  Trust, Government, People

  Thomas Paine, Mark Philp (2008). “Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writings”, p.238, Oxford University Press

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• 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.

  Thomas Paine

  Atheist, Philosophy, Men

  Thomas Paine (2003). “Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings of ThomasPaine”, p.107, Penguin

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• If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

  Thomas Paine

  Veterans Day, Time, Peace

  Thomas Paine (2003). “Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings of ThomasPaine”, p.96, Penguin

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• It is never to be expected in a revolution that every man is to change his opinion at the same moment. There never yet was any truth or any principle so irresistibly obvious that all men believed it at once. Time and reason must cooperate with each other to the final establishment of any principle; and therefore those who may happen to be first convinced have not a right to persecute others, on whom conviction operates more slowly. The moral principle of revolutions is to instruct, not to destroy.

  Thomas Paine

  Truth, Men, Principles

  Thomas Paine (1795). “Dissertation on First-principles of Government”, p.36

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• Religion is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it as I detest everything that is cruel.

  Thomas Paine

  Wickedness, Age Of Reason, Sincerely

  Thomas Paine (1934). “The Works of Thomas Paine: His Epoch-making Writings in Religion, Government, Human Rights and International Relations”, New York : .H. Wise

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• Character is much easier kept than recovered.

  Thomas Paine

  Life, Integrity, War

  Thomas Paine (1819). “The American Crisis”, p.190

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• The age of ignorance commenced with the Christian system.

  Thomas Paine

  Christian, Ignorance, Religion

  Thomas Paine (2016). “THE AGE OF REASON - Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology (Including “The Life of Thomas Paine”): Deistic Critique of Bible and Christian Church”, p.33, e-artnow

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• Beware the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry.

  Thomas Paine

  Government, Hands, Taxation

  "Rights of Man, Part 2". Book by Thomas Paine. "Introduction", en.wikisource.org. 1792.

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  The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

  Thomas Paine

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Thomas Paine (1817). “The Political Works of Thomas Paine: In Two Volumes”

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• Government is not a trade which any man or body of men has a right to set up and exercise for his own emolument, but is altogether a trust, in right of those by whom that trust is delegated, and by whom it is always resumable. It has of itself no rights; they are altogether duties.

  Thomas Paine

  Exercise, Men, Rights

  Thomas Paine (1848). “Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution”, p.102

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• It is from the Bible that man has learned cruelty, rapine, and murder; for the belief of a cruel God makes a cruel man.

  Thomas Paine

  Men, Belief, Murder

  Thomas Paine (2011). “The Age of Reason”, p.119, Broadview Press

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• The fable of Christ and his twelve apostles is a parody of the sun and the twelve signs of the Zodiac, copied from the ancient religions of the Eastern world. Every thing told of Christ has reference to the sun. His reported resurrection is at sunrise, and that on the first day of the week; that is, on the day anciently dedicated to the sun, and from thence called Sunday.

  Thomas Paine

  Sunday, Zodiac, Sunrise

  Thomas Paine (2016). “COMMON SENSE (Political Classics Series): Advocating Independence to People in the Thirteen Colonies - Addressed to the Inhabitants of America”, p.599, e-artnow

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• We still find the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry and grasping at the spoil of the multitude. Invention is continually exercised to furnish new pretenses for revenue and taxation. It watches prosperity as its prey and permits none to escape without a tribute.

  Thomas Paine

  Wisdom, Government, Hands

  Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson (1988). “Paine and Jefferson on Liberty”, p.107, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• Governments arise either out of the people or over the people.

  Thomas Paine

  Government, People, Arise

  Thomas Paine (1791). “Rights of Man”, p.57

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• Each of those churches shows certain books, which they call revelation, or the Word of God. The Jews say that their Word of God was given by God to Moses face to face; the Christians say, that their Word of God came by divine inspiration; and the Turks say, that their Word of God (the Koran) was brought by an angel from heaven. Each of those churches accuses the other of unbelief; and, for my own part, I disbelieve them all.

  Thomas Paine

  Christian, Book, Inspiration

  Thomas Paine (1861). “The Age of Reason, etc”, p.2

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• It is not because a part of the government is elective, that makes it less a despotism, if the persons so elected, possess afterwards, as a parliament, unlimited powers. Election, in this case, becomes separated from representation, and the candidates are candidates for despotism.

  Thomas Paine

  Government, Political, Politics

  Thomas Paine (1824). “The Political Writings of Thomas Paine: Secretary to the Committee of Foreign Affairs in the American Revolution : to which is Prefixed a Brief Sketch of the Author's Life”, p.186

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• Ye that dare oppose, not only tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth!

  Thomas Paine

  Tyrants, Democracy, Dare

  Thomas Paine (1854). “The Works of Thomas Paine: A Hero in the American Revolution. With an Account of His Life ...”, p.13

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• When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.

  Thomas Paine

  Pain, Freedom, Patriotic

  Thomas Paine (1945). “The Complete Writings of Thomas Paine”

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• An avidity to punish is always dangerous to liberty. It leads men to stretch, to misinterpret, and to misapply even the best of laws.

  Thomas Paine

  Men, Law, Liberty

  Thomas Paine (2016). “THE AMERICAN CRISIS – Revolutionary Work Which Inspired the American People to Fight for Their Independence: Including “The Life of Thomas Paine” – Extensive Biography of the Author”, p.557, e-artnow

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• A Constitution is not the act of a Government, but of a people constituting a government, and a government without a constitution is a power without right.

  Thomas Paine

  Government, People, Constitution

  Thomas Paine, John P. Kaminski (2002). “Citizen Paine: Thomas Paine's Thoughts on Man, Government, Society, and Religion”, p.68, Rowman & Littlefield

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• Those who expect to reap the blessing of freedom must undertake to support it.

  Thomas Paine

  Freedom, Blessing, Support

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• It is easy to see that when republican virtue fails, slavery ensues.

  Thomas Paine

  Slavery, Republican, Failing

  Thomas Paine (2014). “Selected Writings of Thomas Paine”, p.19, Yale University Press

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• The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

  Thomas Paine

  Teacher, Crazy, Anger

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