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May Quotes by Thomas Paine
- As parents, we can have no joy, knowing that this government is not sufficiently lasting to ensure any thing which we may bequeath to posterity:…
- I have never made it a consideration whether the subject was popular or unpopular, but whether it was right or wrong; for that which is…
- The earth, in its natural, uncultivated state was, and ever would have continued to be, the common property of the human race." As the land…
- To live with our enemies as if they may some time become our friends, and to live with our friends as if they may some…
- These proceedings may at first seem strange and difficult, but like all other steps which we have already passed over, will in a little time…
- The circumstances of the world are continually changing, and the opinions of men change also; and as government is for the living, and not for…
- Tears may soothe the wounds they cannot heal.
- The stupid texts of the Bible - from which, be the talents of the preacher what they may, only stupid sermons can be preached.
- Prejudice, like the spider, makes everywhere its home. It has neither taste nor choice of place, and all that it requires is room. If the…
- If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
- Let a crown be placed thereon, by which the world may know, that so far as we approve of monarcy, that in America the law…
- Mingling religion with politics may be disavowed and reprobated by every inhabitant of America.
- Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe. It is impossible to calculate…
- When it shall be said in any country in the world my poor are happy; neither ignorance nor distress is to be found among them;…
- ...for though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.
- Let it be told to the future world, that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city…
- Ignorance is of a peculiar nature; once dispelled, it is impossible to reestablish it. It is not originally a thing of itself, but is only…
- It is never to be expected in a revolution that every man is to change his opinion at the same moment. There never yet was…
More May Quotes
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
- We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle
- Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside… — Lance Armstrong