« All Inconvenient Quotes
·
Thomas Paine's Page
Inconvenient Quotes by Thomas Paine
1 Inconvenient quote by Thomas Paine
More Quotes by Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine has 395 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
-
...the Bible is such a book of lies and contradictions there is no knowing which part to believe or whether any.
-
The United States should be an asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty.
-
This new world hath been the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty from every part of Europe. Hither…
-
From such beginnings of governments, what could be expected, but a continual system of war and extortion?
-
The cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf.
-
The continually progressive change to which the meaning of words is subject, the want of a universal language which renders translation necessary,…
-
The Bible is a book that has been read more and examined less than any book that ever existed.
-
It is always to be taken for granted, that those who oppose an equality of rights never mean the exclusion should take…
-
When I contemplate the natural dignity of man; when I feel (for Nature has not been kind enough to me to blunt…
-
The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind.
-
Peace, which costs nothing, is attended with infinitely more advantage than any victory with all its expence.
-
Each government accuses the other of perfidy, intrigue and ambition, as a means of heating the imagination of their respective nations, and…
See all 395 quotes by Thomas Paine »
More Inconvenient Quotes
Popular Inconvenient quotes from across the collection:
-
I've always been pro-life from conception to natural death. It's important for the Republican nominee to maintain what we stand for. We…
— Michele Bachmann
-
A cause may be inconvenient, but it's magnificent. It's like champagne or high heels, and one must be prepared to suffer for…
— Arnold Bennett
-
Poverty is not a disgrace, but it's terribly inconvenient.
— Milton Berle
-
It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient.
— Josh Billings
-
Everyone works hard when they want to, when they get quick results, when it's convenient to put forth effort. The best work…
— Peter Vidmar
-
The society wants you to have beautiful personalities; the society wants you to have personalities which are comfortable for the society, convenient…
— Rajneesh
-
No one wants the truth if it is inconvenient.
— Arthur Miller
-
He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.
— Walter Lippmann
-
The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear.
— Baron de Montesquieu
-
I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil.
— Alan Greenspan
-
From the point of view of the economy, the sale of weapons is indistinguishable from the sale of food. When a building…
— Eduardo Galeano
-
Al Gore has a hit movie called 'An Inconvenient Truth.' I have an inconvenient truth for him: you're still not the president.…
— Stephen Colbert
See all Inconvenient Quotes »
Browse Thomas Paine Quotes by Category