I have as little superstition in me as any man living, but my secret opinion has ever been, and still is, that God Almighty will not give up a people to military destruction, or leave them unsupportedly to perish, who have so earnestly and so repeatedly sought to avoid the calamities of war, by every decent method which wisdom could invent. | |
— Thomas Paine | |
From: “The Crisis“ | |
23 December 1776 | |
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Posts Tagged ‘Thomas Paine’
Would That This Be True
Posted in Faith, Quotes, tagged Faith, On God, On Seeking Peace, Quotes, The Crisis, Thomas Paine on December 14, 2015| Leave a Comment »
A Proper Price
Posted in My Journal, Quotes, tagged My Journal, On Freedom, On Summer Soldiers, On Sunshine Patriots, On Tyranny, Quotes, The Crisis, Thomas Paine on June 2, 2015| Leave a Comment »
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 their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated. | |
— Thomas Paine | |
From: “The Crisis“ | |
23 December 1776 | |
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Professional Beliefs
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged On Morality, On Politics, Philosophy, Quotes, The Age Of Reason, Thomas Paine on January 13, 2014| Leave a Comment »
When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind as to subscribe his professional belief to things he does not believe, he has prepared himself for the commission of every other crime. Can we conceive of anything more destructive to morality than this? | |
— Thomas Paine | |
From: “The Age of Reason“ | |
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All Good
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, My Journal, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged My Journal, On Religion, Philosophy, Quotes, The Rights Of Man, Thomas Paine on March 9, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Every religion is good that teaches man to be good. | |
— Thomas Paine | |
From his book: “The Rights Of Man“ | |
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