1. “The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” ― Thomas Paine
2. “Suspicion is the companion of mean souls and the bane of all good society.” ― Thomas Paine
3. “A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.” ― Thomas Paine
4. “My mind is my own church.” ― Thomas Paine
5. “The Vatican is a dagger in the heart of Italy.” ― Thomas Paine
6. “The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.” ― Thomas Paine
7. “It is an affront to treat falsehood with complaisance.” ― Thomas Paine
8. “Those who want to reap the benefits of this great nation must bear the fatigue of supporting it.” ― Thomas Paine
9. “These are the times that try men’s souls.” ― Thomas Paine
10. “When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.” ― Thomas Paine
11. “One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.” ― Thomas Paine
12. “Human nature is not of itself vicious.” ― Thomas Paine
13. “It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration.” ― Thomas Paine
14. “But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of appearing.” ― Thomas Paine
15. “When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.” ― Thomas Paine
16. “Time makes more converts than reason.” ― Thomas Paine
17. “What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.” ― Thomas Paine
18. “Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.” ― Thomas Paine
19. “It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.” ― Thomas Paine
