Thomas Paine

An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot. ↗

— Thomas Paine

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A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. ↗

— Thomas Paine

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Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true. ↗

— Thomas Paine

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The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security. ↗

— Thomas Paine

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To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their choice, and to say they had rather be loaded with taxes than not. ↗

— Thomas Paine

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

— Thomas Paine

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It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of God, that the Bible describes. ↗

— Thomas Paine

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Lead, follow, or get out of the way. ↗

— Thomas Paine

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That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. ↗

— Thomas Paine

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It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same. ↗

— Thomas Paine

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