Thomas Paine Quotes

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The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
- Thomas Paine

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

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Character is much easier kept than recovered.
- Thomas Paine

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

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It is necessary to the happiness of a man that he be mentally faithful to himself.
- Thomas Paine

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

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Cause will never be supported by bad means and bad men.
- Thomas Paine

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

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

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