“The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.”
― Thomas Paine
“He who dares not offend cannot be honest.”
“Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”
“If I do not believe as you believe, it proves that you do not believe as I believe, and that is all that it proves.”
“If I do not believe as you believe, it proves that you do not believe as I believe, and that is all that it proves.”
“Society is produced by our wants, and government by wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last a punisher.”
― Thomas Paine