Author: Thomas Paine

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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

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

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

- 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

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.

- Thomas Paine

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

- Thomas Paine

We have it in our power to begin the world over again.

We have it in our power to begin the world over again.

- 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

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