Thomas Paine Quotes

To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches.
Thomas Paine

War, Government, Might

My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.
Thomas Paine

Religion, Good, Country

Is it not a species of blasphemy to call the New Testament revealed religion, when we see in it such contradictions and absurdities.
Thomas Paine

Religion, Call, Blasphemy

Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst.
Thomas Paine

Religion, Worst, Tyranny

The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.
Thomas Paine

Reason, Against, Weapon

We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities.
Thomas Paine

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

Good, Society, Mean

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.
Thomas Paine

Anger, Greatest, Delay

The Vatican is a dagger in the heart of Italy.
Thomas Paine

Heart, Italy, Dagger

There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord.
Thomas Paine

Mind, Thinking, Two

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.
Thomas Paine

Remember, Virtue, Planning

But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of appearing.
Thomas Paine

Nature, Truth, Liberty

Human nature is not of itself vicious.
Thomas Paine

Nature, Human, Vicious

It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration.
Thomas Paine

Direction, Taken, Magnitude

The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you are abed. If you pull it upon your shoulders, your feet are left bare; if you thrust it down to your feet, your shoulders are uncovered.
Thomas Paine

Down, Short, Fall

Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title.
Thomas Paine

Title, Nickname, Nicknames

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts.
Thomas Paine

Yourself, Through, Others

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Writer

Born: January 29, 1737

Died: June 8, 1809

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