Thomas Paine | strength
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Thomas Paine | strength
I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
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Thomas Paine | society
The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security.
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Thomas Paine | society
Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil in its worst state an intolerable one.
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Thomas Paine | smile
I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
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Thomas Paine | science
Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as those by which the universe is regulated and governed. Man cannot make principles he can only discover them.
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Thomas Paine | religion
Is it not a species of blasphemy to call the New Testament revealed religion, when we see in it such contradictions and absurdities.
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