Author: Thomas Paine

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I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.

I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.

- Thomas Paine

Time makes more converts than reason.

Time makes more converts than reason.

- Thomas Paine

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

- Thomas Paine

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

- 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

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

Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.

Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.

- 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

The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.

The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.

- Thomas Paine

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