But there are times when men have serious thoughts, and it is at such times, when they begin to think, that they… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“I have now gone through the examination of the four books ascribed to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John; and when it is… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
A government of our own is our natural right; and when a man seriously reflects on the precariousness of human affairs, he… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, 'tis time… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“There are certain circumstances, which, at the time of their happening, are a kind of riddles, and as every riddle is to… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“There never did, there never will, and there never can, exist a Parliament, or any description of men, or any generation of… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Is it more probable that nature should go out of her course, or that a man should tell a lie? We have… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in the crisis, shrink from the… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“It is difficult beyond description to conceive that space can have no end; but it is more difficult to conceive an end.… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
There never did, there never will, and there never can exist a parliament, or any description of men, or any generation of… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“We know the cause which we are engaged in, and though a passionate fondness for it may make us grieve at every… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“(To the newly graduated) There never did, there never will, and there never can exist a parliament, or any description of men,… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Let the world see that this nation can bear prosperity; and that her honest virtue in time of peace is equal to… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Action and care will in time wear down the strongest frame, but guilt and melancholy are poisons of quick dispatch. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
It is never to be expected in a revolution that every man is to change his opinion at the same moment. There… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“I remember the late Admiral Saunders declaring in the House of Commons, and that in the time of peace, 'That the city… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“Some Christians pretend that Christianity was not established by the sword; but of what period of time do they speak? It was… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Never, I say, had a country so many openings to happiness as this.... Her cause was good. Her principles just and liberal.… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The only idea man can affix to the name of God, is that of a first cause, the cause of all things.… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Paper money is like dram-drinking, it relieves for a moment by deceitful sensation, but gradually diminishes the natural heat, and leaves the… — 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
