PAINE, THOMAS : Small islands not capable of protecting themselves are the proper objects for kingdoms to take under their care; but there is something very absurd in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island.
PAINE, THOMAS : The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind.
PAINE, THOMAS : My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.
PAINE, THOMAS : My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.
PAINE, THOMAS : The mind, once enlightened, cannot again be dark.
PAINE, THOMAS : He who 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.
PAINE, THOMAS : If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
PAINE, THOMAS : Trying to kill slander keeps it alive; leave it to itself and it will die a natural death.
PAINE, THOMAS : The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
PAINE, THOMAS : Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.