--- title: "16 Common Quotes By Thomas Paine" description: "16 Common quotes by Thomas Paine. Plus more from Thomas Paine and more Common sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b23/thomas-paine-267_common_a-little-matter-will-move-a-party-but-it_1309452.png" --- > [A little matter will move a party, but it must be something great that moves a nation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/a-little-matter-will-move-a-party-but-it-must-be-something-great-that/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b23/thomas-paine-267_common_a-little-matter-will-move-a-party-but-it_1309452.png) > [The Christian system of religion is an outrage on common sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/the-christian-system-of-religion-is-an-outrage-on-common-sense/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1d/thomas-paine-267_christian_the-christian-system-of-religion-is-an-o_566900.png) > [Common sense will tell us, that the power which hath endeavoured to subdue us, is of all others, the most improper to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/common-sense-will-tell-us-that-the-power-which-hath-endeavoured-to/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/584/thomas-paine-267_common_common-sense-will-tell-us-that-the-power_2428010.png) > [In the progress of politics, as in the common occurrences of life, we are not only apt to forget the ground we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/in-the-progress-of-politics-as-in-the-common-occurrences-of-life-we/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62d/thomas-paine-267_common_in-the-progress-of-politics-as-in-the-co_500283.jpg) > [It is a position not to be controverted, that the earth ... was and ever would have continued to be, the COMMON…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/it-is-a-position-not-to-be-controverted-that-the-earth-was-and-ever/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/023/thomas-paine-267_common_it-is-a-position-not-to-be-controverted_2338385.png) > [Everything wonderful in appearance has been ascribed to angels, to devils, or to saints. Everything ancient has some legendary tale annexed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/everything-wonderful-in-appearance-has-been-ascribed-to-angels-to/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/852/thomas-paine-267_ancient_everything-wonderful-in-appearance-has-b_603824.png) > [But where, says some, is the King of America? I'll tell you. Friend, he reigns above, and doth not make havoc of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/but-where-says-some-is-the-king-of-america-i-ll-tell-you-friend-he/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/816/thomas-paine-267_america_but-where-says-some-is-the-king-of-ameri_1261093.jpg) > [They may be all comprehended under three heads - 1st, Superstition; 2d, Power; 3d, the common interests of society, and the common…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/they-may-be-all-comprehended-under-three-heads-1st-superstition-2d/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/258/thomas-paine-267_common_they-may-be-all-comprehended-under-three_1152615.png) > [The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/the-instant-formal-government-is-abolished-society-begins-to-act-a/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/700/thomas-paine-267_association_the-instant-formal-government-is-abolish_2946817.png) > [Let it be told to the future world, that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/let-it-be-told-to-the-future-world-that-in-the-depth-of-winter-when-3/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/882/thomas-paine-267_american-revolution_let-it-be-told-to-the-future-world-that_1636076.png) > [The Christian religion and Masonry have one and the same common origin: Both are derived from the worship of the Sun. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/the-christian-religion-and-masonry-have-one-and-the-same-common/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0c/thomas-paine-267_adoration_the-christian-religion-and-masonry-have_2456136.png) > [In the following pages I offer nothing more than simple facts, plain arguments, and common sense; and have no other preliminaries to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/in-the-following-pages-i-offer-nothing-more-than-simple-facts-plain/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3f/thomas-paine-267_argument_in-the-following-pages-i-offer-nothing-m_232597.jpg) > [Let it be told to the future world, that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/let-it-be-told-to-the-future-world-that-in-the-depth-of-winter-when/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ef/thomas-paine-267_bless_let-it-be-told-to-the-future-world-that_222712.jpg) > [The earth, in its natural, uncultivated state was, and ever would have continued to be, the common property of the human race."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/the-earth-in-its-natural-uncultivated-state-was-and-ever-would-have/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/879/thomas-paine-267_common_the-earth-in-its-natural-uncultivated-st_569580.png) > [A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/a-long-habit-of-not-thinking-a-thing-wrong-gives-it-a-superficial-3/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/135/thomas-paine-267_appearance_a-long-habit-of-not-thinking-a-thing-wro_2771983.jpg) > [The Almighty implanted in us these inextinguishable feelings for good and wise purposes. They are the guardians of His image in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/the-almighty-implanted-in-us-these-inextinguishable-feelings-for-good/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f6/thomas-paine-267_almighty_the-almighty-implanted-in-us-these-inext_3116858.png) ## Other authors on Common ## More by Thomas Paine > [“No man is prejudiced in favour of a thing, knowing it to be wrong. He is attached to it on the belief of its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/no-man-is-prejudiced-in-favour-of-a-thing-knowing-it-to-be-wrong-he/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) > [“The laws of every country must be analogous to some common principle.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/the-laws-of-every-country-must-be-analogous-to-some-common-principle/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) > [The book called the Bible has been voted by men, and decreed by human laws to be the word of God; and the disbelief…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/the-book-called-the-bible-has-been-voted-by-men-and-decreed-by-human/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) > [To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/to-argue-with-a-person-who-has-renounced-the-use-of-reason-is-like/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) > [One would think that a system loaded with such gross and vulgar absurdities as Scripture religion is could never have obtained credit; yet we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/one-would-think-that-a-system-loaded-with-such-gross-and-vulgar/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) > [Commerce diminishes the spirit, both of patriotism and military defence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/commerce-diminishes-the-spirit-both-of-patriotism-and-military-defence/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) > [What is it the Bible teaches us? - raping, cruelty, and murder. What is it the New Testament teaches us? - to believe that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/what-is-it-the-bible-teaches-us-raping-cruelty-and-murder-what-is-it/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) > [Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/those-who-expect-to-reap-the-blessings-of-freedom-must-like-men/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) > [“It has been the practice of all Christian commentators on the Bible, and of all Christian priests and preachers, to impose the Bible on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/it-has-been-the-practice-of-all-christian-commentators-on-the-bible/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) > [But there are times when men have serious thoughts, and it is at such times, when they begin to think, that they begin to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/but-there-are-times-when-men-have-serious-thoughts-and-it-is-at-such/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) > [Wisdom is not the purchase of a day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/wisdom-is-not-the-purchase-of-a-day/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) > [Our citizenship in the United States is our national character. Our citizenship in any particular state is only our local distinction. By the latter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/our-citizenship-in-the-united-states-is-our-national-character-our/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) > [Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/suspicion-is-the-companion-of-mean-souls-and-the-bane-of-all-good/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) > [“To pass from the extremes of danger to safety-from the tumult of war to the tranquility of peace, though sweet in contemplation, requires a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/to-pass-from-the-extremes-of-danger-to-safety-from-the-tumult-of-war/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) > [What more does man want to know than that the hand or power that made these things is divine, is omnipotent? Let him believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/what-more-does-man-want-to-know-than-that-the-hand-or-power-that-made/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/common/thomas-paine/#itemlist", "name": "16 Common Quotes By Thomas Paine", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A little matter will move a party, but it must be something great that moves a nation.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Paine" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/a-little-matter-will-move-a-party-but-it-must-be-something-great-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b23/thomas-paine-267_common_a-little-matter-will-move-a-party-but-it_1309452.png", "contentUrl": 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