Duty Quotes by Thomas Paine

“Where knowledge is a duty, ignorance is a crime.”

— Thomas Paine

It is the duty of every true Deist to vindicate the moral justice of God against the evils of the Bible.

— Thomas Paine

Whatever is my right as a man is also the right of another; and it becomes my duty to guarantee as well…

— Thomas Paine

The moral duty of man consists of imitatingthe moral goodness and beneficence of God,manifested in the creation, toward all His creatures.

— Thomas Paine

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he…

— Thomas Paine

As to religion, I hold it to be the indispensable duty of all government to protect all conscientious professors thereof, and I…

— Thomas Paine

It is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error.

— Thomas Paine

I believe in one God, and no more; and I hope for happiness beyond this life. I believe in the equality of…

— Thomas Paine

The duty of man is not a wilderness of turnpike gates, through which he is to pass by tickets from one to…

— Thomas Paine

Government is not a trade which any man or body of men has a right to set up and exercise for his…

— Thomas Paine

The moral duty of man consists of imitating the moral goodness and beneficence of God, manifested in the creation towards all his…

— Thomas Paine

Universal empire is the prerogative of a writer. His concerns are with all mankind, and though he cannot command their obedience,he can…

— Thomas Paine

In a general view, there are few conquests that repay the charge of making them, and mankind are pretty well convinced that…

— Thomas Paine

As parents, we can have no joy, knowing that this government is not sufficiently lasting to ensure any thing which we may…

— Thomas Paine

It is for the good of nations, and not for the emolument or aggrandizement of particular individuals, that government ought to be…

— Thomas Paine