Author: Thomas Paine

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

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

- Thomas Paine

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

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

- Thomas Paine

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.

- Thomas Paine

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

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

- Thomas Paine

Those who want to reap the benefits of this great nation must bear the fatigue of supporting it.

Those who want to reap the benefits of this great nation must bear the fatigue of supporting it.

- Thomas Paine

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.

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

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

- Thomas Paine

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

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

- Thomas Paine

Time makes more converts than reason.

Time makes more converts than reason.

- Thomas Paine

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