Quotes by : Thomas Paine

Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society.

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

I have always strenuously supported the right of every man to his own opinion, however different that....

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.....

The Jews have made him [Yahweh] the assassin of the human species, to make room for the religion of the....

The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.

Reputation is what men and women think of us character is what God and angels know of us.

These are the times that try men's souls.

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

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.