“Men who look upon themselves born to reign,
and others to obey, soon grow insolent.
Selected from the rest of mankind,
their minds are early poisoned by importance;
and the world they act in
differs so materially from the world at large,
that they have but little opportunity of knowing its true interests,
and when they succeed in the government
are frequently the most ignorant and
unfit of any throughout the dominions.”
~ Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776
“When it shall be said in any country in the world,
my poor are happy;
neither ignorance nor distress is to be found among them;
my jails are empty of prisoners, my streets of beggars;
the aged are not in want, the taxes are not oppressive;
the rational world is my friend,
because I am a friend of its happiness:
When these things can be said,
then may the country boast
of its constitution and its government.”
~ Thomas Paine
“Independence is my happiness,
and I view things as they are,
without regard to place or person;
my country is the world,
and my religion is to do good.”
~ Thomas Paine
Thought for the Day
“I believe that religious duties consist
in doing justice, loving mercy,
and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy.”
Thought for the Day
“Truth never envelops itself in mystery,
and the mystery in which it is at any time enveloped
is the work of its antagonist,
and never of itself.”
Thought for the Day
“…the slavery of fear
has made men afraid to think.”
~ Thomas Paine
Thought of the Day
“To argue with a man
who has renounced his reason
is like giving medicine to the dead.”
“Moderation in temper is always a virtue;
but moderation in principle is always a vice”
~ Thomas Paine
It is necessary to the happiness of man
that he be mentally faithful to himself.
Infidelity does not consist in believing,
or in disbelieving,
it consists in professing to believe
what he does not believe.
~ Thomas Paine
“I believe in the equality of man;
and I believe that religious duties
consist in doing justice, loving mercy,
and endeavoring to make
our fellow-creatures happy.”
“The real man smiles in trouble,
gathers strength from distress,
and grows brave by reflection.”
~ Thomas Paine
“Every religion is good
that teaches man to be good;
and I know of none
that instructs him to be bad.”
~ Thomas Paine
“Character is much easier
kept than recovered.”
~ Thomas Paine
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