Thomas Paine Quotes

Best 30+ Thomas Paine Messages, Quotes, and Images

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.

The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.

You cannot undermine police authority and then complain about rising crime.

You cannot undermine police authority and then complain about rising crime.

He who dares not offend cannot be honest.

He who dares not offend cannot be honest.

I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.

I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.

It is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error.

It is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error.

The slavery of fear had made men afraid to think.

The slavery of fear had made men afraid to think.

Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.

Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.

Reason obeys itself, and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.

Reason obeys itself, and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.

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