Right or Wrong

"I have never yet made, and I hope I never shall make, it the least point of consideration, whether a thing is popular or unpopular, but whether it is right or wrong. That which is right will become popular, and that which is wrong will soon lose its temporary popularity, and sink into disgrace."

Thomas Paine

Blinded to Truth

"Party knows no impulse but spirit, no prize but victory. It is blind to truth, and hardened against conviction. It seeks to justify error by perseverance, and denies to its own mind the operation if its own judgment. A man under the tyrrany of party spirit is the greatest slave upon the earth, for none but himself can deprive him of the freedom of thought."

Thomas Paine

A Bad Cause

"A bad cause will ever be supported by bad means and bad men."

Thomas Paine

Happiness Beyond this Life

"I believe in one God, and no more; and I hope for happiness beyond this life."

Thomas Paine

Equal Justice

"The Law should be equal for all, whether it rewards or punishes, whether it protects or restrains."

Thomas Paine

Medicating the Dead

"Attempting to debate with a person who has abandoned reason is like giving medicine to the dead."


~ Thomas Paine

A Great Cause

"The Sun never shined on a cause of greater worth."

Thomas Paine

Good Government

"It is not enough to constitute a good government; it is equally indispensable to adopt such methods as may assure the permanency of a good government"

Thomas Paine

Value

"That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly."

Thomas Paine

The Cause of America

"The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind."

Thomas Paine
"Common Sense"; 1776

The Worth of an Honest Man

"Of more worth is one honest man to society, and in the eyes of God, than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived."

Thomas Paine
"Common Sense" 1776

No Greater Cause

"The Sun never shined on a cause of greater worth."

Thomas Paine
"Common Sense" 1776

Right and Wrong

"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right."

Thomas Paine

Necessary Evil

"Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one."

Thomas Paine

Defending Those We Disagree With

"He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself."

Thomas Paine