The fate of Charles I has only made kings more subtle, not more just. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The state of a king shuts him from the world, yet the business of a king requires him to know it thoroughly... — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built on the ruins of the bowers of… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
But where, says some, is the King of America? I'll tell you. Friend, he reigns above, and doth not make havoc of… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“One of the strongest natural proofs of the folly of heredetary right in kings, is, that nature disapproves it, otherwise, she would… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
In the early ages of the world, according to the scripture chronology, there were no kings; the consequence of which was there… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Man is not the enemy of man, but through the medium of a false system of Government. Instead, therefore, of exclaiming against… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Let a crown be placed thereon, by which the world may know, that so far as we approve of monarcy, that in… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
But there is another and greater distinction for which no truly natural or religious reason can be assigned, and that is the… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
... in free countries the law ought to be King; and there ought to be no other. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
For the fate of Charles the first, hath only made kings more subtle — not more just. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
To bring the matter to one point, Is the power who is jealous of our prosperity, a proper power to govern us?… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“No man is prejudiced in favour of a thing, knowing it to be wrong. He is attached to it on the belief of its… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“The laws of every country must be analogous to some common principle.” — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The book called the Bible has been voted by men, and decreed by human laws to be the word of God; and the disbelief… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
One would think that a system loaded with such gross and vulgar absurdities as Scripture religion is could never have obtained credit; yet we… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Commerce diminishes the spirit, both of patriotism and military defence. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
What is it the Bible teaches us? - raping, cruelty, and murder. What is it the New Testament teaches us? - to believe that… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“It has been the practice of all Christian commentators on the Bible, and of all Christian priests and preachers, to impose the Bible on… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
But there are times when men have serious thoughts, and it is at such times, when they begin to think, that they begin to… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Our citizenship in the United States is our national character. Our citizenship in any particular state is only our local distinction. By the latter… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
