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Famous Thomas Paine Quotes
“The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.”
“Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.”
“Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.”
“Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.”
“Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true.”
“One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.”
“The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.”
“Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.”
“It is an affront to treat falsehood with complaisance.”
“Time makes more converts than reason.”
“The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.”
“We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities.”
“Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society.”
“Human nature is not of itself vicious.”
“Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title.”