Quotes by Paine, Thomas

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain >>

It is impossible to calculate the moral mischief, if I may so express >>

To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be >>

Quotations about Liberty

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liber >>

Liberty consists in wholesome restraint. >>

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. >>

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.

Paine, Thomas