Quotes by : Thomas Paine

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

Now, if the writers of these four books [Gospels] had gone into a court of justice to prove an alibi,....

Character is much easier kept than recovered.

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.....

I choose my life to this free. I choose my life to be this way

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

There are matters in that book, said to be done by the express command of God, that are as shocking to....

Yet it is folly to argue against determined hardness; eloquence may strike the ear, and the language....

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

There are matters in that book, said to be done by the express command of God, that are as shocking to....