Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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Thomas Paine Quotes Click here for Thomas Paine books Thomas Paine and the Promise of America "My country is the world, and my religion is to do good." "A little matter will move a party, but it must be something great that moves a nation." "Freedom had been hunted round the globe; reason was considered as rebellion; and the slavery of fear had made men afraid to think. But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing." "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." "I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection." "Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil." "The Grecians and Romans were strongly possessed of the spirit of liberty but not the principle, for at the time they were determined not to be slaves themselves, they employed their power to enslave the rest of mankind." "These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." "This new world hath been the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty from every part of Europe." \"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it." "We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in." "When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary." "The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.” "The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.” "Man is not the enemy of man but through the medium of a
false system of government."
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