The scourge of life, and death's extreme disgrace, The smoke of hell,--that monster called Paine. — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
“I love the man that smiles at trouble: that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.” — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The left no longer stands for common sense, as it did in the days of Tom Paine. — Christopher Lasch Copy Share Image
The liberty of the press is not confined to newspapers and periodicals. It necessarily embraces pamphlets and leaflets. — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
“Without the pen of Paine , the sword of Washington would have been wielded in vain.” — John Adams Copy Share Image
Thomas Paine needs no monument made with hands; he has erected a monument in the hearts of all lovers of liberty. — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
Robert Treat Paine was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. — Treat Williams Copy Share Image
[Dalton] Trumbo wrote this incredible pamphlet, almost on the level of Tom Paine's 'Common Sense,' called 'The Time of the Toad.' It's… — Jay Roach Copy Share Image
I consider Paine our greatest political thinker. As we have not advanced, and perhaps never shall advance, beyond the Declaration and Constitution,… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
It would seem that in Paine's view the code of government should be that of the legendary King Pausole, who prescribed but… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
“All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. — Thomas Paine” — Jessica James Copy Share Image
Each man too is a tyrant in tendency, because he would impose his idea on others; and their trick is their natural… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“[Josiah P. Mendum memorial at Paine Hall] [He turned] the strait-laced Boston of sixty years ago [into] the enlightened Hub of today,… — Josiah P. Mendum Copy Share Image
How I longed to see these things; how I longed to see the Liberty Bell and walk on the streets where Thomas… — Burl Ives Copy Share Image
The crime of ingratitude has not yet stained, and I trust never will stain, our national character. You are considered by them… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
All you people don't know about lost causes. Mr. Paine does. He said once they were the only causes worth fightingfor, and… — Sidney Buchman Copy Share Image
But you know, where did the Brontes go to college? Where did George Eliot go to college? Where did Thomas Paine or… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
I have been lately introduced to the famous Thomas Paine, and like him very well. He is vain beyond all belief, but… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The neglected pioneer of one revolution, the honoured victim of another, brave to the point of folly, and as humane as he… — Henry Noel Brailsford Copy Share Image
The liberty of the press is not confined to newspapers and periodicals. It necessarily embraces pamphlets and leaflets. These indeed have been… — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
I say this often, THINK. There is something in life called common sense. Webster's says common sense is sound and prudent judgment… — Jack White Copy Share Image
I actually met Larson [Paine] on Larchmont in Los Angeles. He was eating and he stopped me because I was massaging my… — Laura Bell Bundy Copy Share Image
The church of this country is not only indifferent to the wrongs of the slave, it actually takes sides with the oppressors…… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
“ Paine suffered then, as now he suffers not so much because of what he wrote as from the misinterpretations of others...… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
“ Tom Paine has almost no influence on present-day thinking in the United States because he is unknown to the average citizen.… — Thomas Edison Copy Share Image
“In editing a volume of Washington 's private letters for the Long Island Historical Society, I have been much impressed by indications… — Moncure D. Conway Copy Share Image
“In 1881, being on a visit to Boston, my wife and I found ourselves in the Parker House with the Ingersoll 's,… — Moncure Daniel Conway Copy Share Image
“ The primary leaders of the so-called founding fathers of our nation were not Bible-believing Christians; they were deists . Deism was… — Farrell Till Copy Share Image
“As a rule, theologians know nothing of this world, and far less of the next; but they have the power of stating… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“ Paine was a grand fellow — high—with the most splendid sense of justice. But he was a reasoner — not warm… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
I think Tom Paine is one of the greatest men that's ever lived. — Richard Attenborough Copy Share Image
My stern chase after time is, to borrow a simile from Tom Paine, like the race of a man with a wooden… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
“The sun never shined on a cause of greater worth,” Paine had written. “Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for separation.” — David McCullough Copy Share Image
![“[Dalton] Trumbo wrote this incredible pamphlet, almost on the level of Tom Paine's 'Common Sense,' called 'The Time of the Toad.' It's an exquisitely written treatise regarding the black list era.” quote by Jay Roach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/624/jay-roach-8154_black_dalton-trumbo-wrote-this-incredible-pamp_462651.png)
![“[Josiah P. Mendum memorial at Paine Hall] [He turned] the strait-laced Boston of sixty years ago [into] the enlightened Hub of today, . . . to 'destroy bigotry and uproot the evils of superstition.” quote by Josiah P. Mendum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ae/josiah-p-mendum-250666_atheism_josiah-p-mendum-memorial-at-paine-hall-h_1962650.jpg)
![“I actually met Larson [Paine] on Larchmont in Los Angeles. He was eating and he stopped me because I was massaging my larynx. I was doing a show and trying to loosen up my throat. He had sort of this southern vibe about eating alone and talking to people. And it was funny because I had just having…” quote by Laura Bell Bundy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b55/laura-bell-bundy-10120_eating_i-actually-met-larson-paine-on-larchmont_1669481.jpg)
