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Thomas Paine: Quotes

  • Crisis and Upheaval
    These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.Thomas Paine
  • Freedom and Liberty
    Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.Thomas Paine
  • Government
    Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.Thomas Paine: Common Sense
  • Moderation and Abstinence
    Moderation in temper, is always a virtue; but moderation in principle, is a species of vice.Thomas Paine: Letter Addressed to the Addressers of the Late Pro
  • Time
    Time makes more converts than reason.Thomas Paine: Common Sense
  • Value
    What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives everything its value.Thomas Paine: The American Crisis