Quotes by Paine, Thomas

A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation i >>

That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. >>

My own mind is my own church. >>

Quotations about War

I have known war as few men now living know it. It's very destructiven >>

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and d >>

I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, f >>

To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches.

Paine, Thomas