Thomas Paine: Quotes
- Crisis and Upheaval
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 it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
- Freedom and Liberty
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.
- Government
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.: Common Sense
- Moderation and Abstinence
Moderation in temper, is always a virtue; but moderation in principle, is a species of vice.: Letter Addressed to the Addressers of the Late Pro
- Time
Time makes more converts than reason.: Common Sense
- Value
What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives everything its value.: The American Crisis