TOP 10 Thomas Paine quotes

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I love the man that smiles at trouble: that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.

9

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.

8

It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself.

7

It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of God, that the Bible describes.

6

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

5

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

4

I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.

3

Nothing, they say is more certain than death, and nothing more uncertain than the time of dying

2

A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

1

The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.