Thomas Paine Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst.”

“The greatest remedy for anger is delay.”

“That God cannot lie, is no advantage to your argument, because it is no proof that priests can not, or that the Bible does not.”

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

“'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.”

“War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end; it has but one thing certain, and that is to increase taxes.”

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

“Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title.”

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

“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.”