Quotes by : Thomas Paine

The harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheaply we esteem too lightly....

Freedom had been hunted round the globe; reason was considered as rebellion; and the slavery of fear....

Government even in its best state is but a necessary evil in its worst state an intolerable one.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

But there is another and greater distinction for which no truly natural or religious reason can be assigned,....

And as a man, who is attached to a prostitute, is unfitted to choose or judge of a wife, so any prepossession....

It has been the practice of all Christian commentators on the Bible, and of all Christian priests and....

Those who want to reap the benefits of this great nation must bear the fatigue of supporting it.

For though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.

Later times have laid all the blame upon the Goths and Vandals, but, however unwilling the partizans....