--- title: "26 Natural Quotes By Thomas Paine" description: "26 Natural quotes by Thomas Paine. Plus more from Thomas Paine and more Natural sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/603/thomas-paine-267_government_a-government-of-our-own-is-our-natural-r_2634177.png" --- > [A government of our own is our natural right](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/a-government-of-our-own-is-our-natural-right/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/603/thomas-paine-267_government_a-government-of-our-own-is-our-natural-r_2634177.png) > [... a thirst for power is the natural disease of monarchy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/a-thirst-for-power-is-the-natural-disease-of-monarchy/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/866/thomas-paine-267_disease_a-thirst-for-power-is-the-natural-diseas_999493.png) > [Calumny is a vice of curious constitution; trying to kill it keeps it alive; leave it to itself and it will die…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/calumny-is-a-vice-of-curious-constitution-trying-to-kill-it-keeps-it/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f12/thomas-paine-267_alive_calumny-is-a-vice-of-curious-constitutio_2728431.png) > [Man did not make the earth, and though he had a natural right to occupy it, he had no right to locate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/man-did-not-make-the-earth-and-though-he-had-a-natural-right-to/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e64/thomas-paine-267_earth_man-did-not-make-the-earth-and-though-he_1232711.png) > [There is a natural firmness in some minds, which cannot be unlocked by trifles, but which, when unlocked, discovers a cabinet of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/there-is-a-natural-firmness-in-some-minds-which-cannot-be-unlocked-by/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e68/thomas-paine-267_cabinets_there-is-a-natural-firmness-in-some-mind_891395.png) > [A constitution defines and limits the powers of the government it creates. It therefore follows, as a natural and also a logical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/a-constitution-defines-and-limits-the-powers-of-the-government-it/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/313/thomas-paine-267_constitution_a-constitution-defines-and-limits-the-po_1048177.png) > [When I contemplate the natural dignity of man; when I feel (for Nature has not been kind enough to me to blunt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/when-i-contemplate-the-natural-dignity-of-man-when-i-feel-for-nature/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6c/thomas-paine-267_blunt_when-i-contemplate-the-natural-dignity-o_3127876.png) > [Civilization, or that which is so called, has operated two ways to make one part of society more affluent and the other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/civilization-or-that-which-is-so-called-has-operated-two-ways-to-make/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/897/thomas-paine-267_affluent_civilization-or-that-which-is-so-called_2894400.jpg) > [Civil rights are those which appertain to man in right of his being a member of society. Every civil right has for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/civil-rights-are-those-which-appertain-to-man-in-right-of-his-being-a/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d9/thomas-paine-267_cases_civil-rights-are-those-which-appertain-t_151609.jpg) > [Natural rights are those which always appertain to man in right of his existence. Of this kind are all the intellectual rights,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/natural-rights-are-those-which-always-appertain-to-man-in-right-of/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffc/thomas-paine-267_acting_natural-rights-are-those-which-always-ap_1782306.png) > [The Bill of Rights should contain the general principles of natural and civil liberty. It should be to a community what the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/the-bill-of-rights-should-contain-the-general-principles-of-natural/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ae/thomas-paine-267_bill-of-rights_the-bill-of-rights-should-contain-the-ge_2606791.png) > [A government of our own is our natural right; and when a man seriously reflects on the precariousness of human affairs, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/a-government-of-our-own-is-our-natural-right-and-when-a-man-seriously/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a5/thomas-paine-267_affair_a-government-of-our-own-is-our-natural-r_310118.png) > [“One of the strongest natural proofs of the folly of heredetary right in kings, is, that nature disapproves it, otherwise, she would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/one-of-the-strongest-natural-proofs-of-the-folly-of-heredetary-right/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db2/thomas-paine-267_ass_one-of-the-strongest-natural-proofs-of-t_292247.png) > [Men who are sincere in defending their freedom, will always feel concern at every circumstance which seems to make against them; it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/men-who-are-sincere-in-defending-their-freedom-will-always-feel/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1d/thomas-paine-267_affectionate_men-who-are-sincere-in-defending-their-f_2827685.png) > [The evil that has resulted from the error of the schools, in teaching natural philosophy as an accomplishment only, has been that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/the-evil-that-has-resulted-from-the-error-of-the-schools-in-teaching/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b0/thomas-paine-267_accomplishment_the-evil-that-has-resulted-from-the-erro_363830.jpg) > [Paper money is like dram-drinking, it relieves for a moment by deceitful sensation, but gradually diminishes the natural heat, and leaves the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/paper-money-is-like-dram-drinking-it-relieves-for-a-moment-by/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65d/thomas-paine-267_body_paper-money-is-like-dram-drinking-it-rel_1879439.png) > [It has been the error of the schools to teach astronomy, and all the other sciences, and subjects of natural philosophy, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/it-has-been-the-error-of-the-schools-to-teach-astronomy-and-all-the/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f22/thomas-paine-267_accomplishment_it-has-been-the-error-of-the-schools-to_738463.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) > [The mere man of pleasure is miserable in old age, and the mere drudge in business is but little better, whereas, natural…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/the-mere-man-of-pleasure-is-miserable-in-old-age-and-the-mere-drudge/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72a/thomas-paine-267_accounts_the-mere-man-of-pleasure-is-miserable-in_1439911.jpg) > [Great part of that order which reigns among mankind is not the effect of government. It has its origin in the principles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/great-part-of-that-order-which-reigns-among-mankind-is-not-the-effect/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/507/thomas-paine-267_chains_great-part-of-that-order-which-reigns-am_2864496.jpg) > [But there is another and greater distinction for which no truly natural or religious reason can be assigned, and that is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/but-there-is-another-and-greater-distinction-for-which-no-truly/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/781/thomas-paine-267_band_but-there-is-another-and-greater-distinc_1002286.png) > [I consider the war of America against Britain as the country's war, the public's war, or the war of the people in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/i-consider-the-war-of-america-against-britain-as-the-country-s-war/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de4/thomas-paine-267_america_i-consider-the-war-of-america-against-br_2655652.png) > [The end of all political associations is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man; and these rights are liberty,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/the-end-of-all-political-associations-is-the-preservation-of-the/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33c/thomas-paine-267_association_the-end-of-all-political-associations-is_2320257.jpg) > [That which is now called natural philosophy, embracing the whole circle of science, of which astronomy occupies the chief place, is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/that-which-is-now-called-natural-philosophy-embracing-the-whole/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9f/thomas-paine-267_astronomy_that-which-is-now-called-natural-philoso_659086.jpg) > [Cultivation is at least one of the greatest natural improvements ever made by human invention. It has given to created earth a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/cultivation-is-at-least-one-of-the-greatest-natural-improvements-ever/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d83/thomas-paine-267_cultivation_cultivation-is-at-least-one-of-the-great_661155.jpg) > [ “As to the fragments of morality that are irregularly and thinly scattered in those books \[the Bible\], they make no part of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/as-to-the-fragments-of-morality-that-are-irregularly-and-thinly/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa6/thomas-paine-267_bible_as-to-the-fragments-of-morality-that-are_964723.png) ## Other authors on Natural ## 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/natural/thomas-paine/#itemlist", "name": "26 Natural Quotes By Thomas Paine", "numberOfItems": 26, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A government of our own is our natural right", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Paine" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/a-government-of-our-own-is-our-natural-right/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/603/thomas-paine-267_government_a-government-of-our-own-is-our-natural-r_2634177.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/603/thomas-paine-267_government_a-government-of-our-own-is-our-natural-r_2634177.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/603/thomas-paine-267_government_a-government-of-our-own-is-our-natural-r_2634177.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A government of our own is our natural right” — Thomas Paine", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "... a thirst for power is the natural disease of monarchy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Paine" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/a-thirst-for-power-is-the-natural-disease-of-monarchy/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/866/thomas-paine-267_disease_a-thirst-for-power-is-the-natural-diseas_999493.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/866/thomas-paine-267_disease_a-thirst-for-power-is-the-natural-diseas_999493.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/866/thomas-paine-267_disease_a-thirst-for-power-is-the-natural-diseas_999493.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“... a thirst for power is the natural disease of monarchy.” — Thomas Paine", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Calumny is a vice of curious constitution; 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