Quotes By Author: Thomas Paine

“We know the cause which we are engaged in, and though a passionate fondness for it may make us grieve at every injury which threatens it, yet, when the moment of concern is over, the determination to duty returns. We are not moved by the gloomy smile of a worthless king, but by the ardent glow of generous patriotism. We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in. In such a case we are sure that we are right; and we leave to you the despairing reflection of being the tool of a miserable tyrant.”

“Nothing, they say is more certain than death, and nothing more uncertain than the time of dying”

“My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.”

“He who dares not offend cannot be honest.”

“It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.”

“Let them call me a rebel and welcome. I feel no concern from it. But should I suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul.”