Quotes by Thomas Paine, Rights of Man

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Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, — Thomas Paine, Rights of Man
In stating these matters, I speak an open and disinterested language, dictated by no passion but that of humanity. To me — Thomas Paine, Rights of Man
That there are men in all countries who get their living by war, and by keeping up the quarrels of nations, is as shocki — Thomas Paine, Rights of Man
What are the present governments of Europe, but a scene of iniquity and oppression? What is that of England? Do not its — Thomas Paine, Rights of Man
There is an unnatural unfitness in an aristocracy to be legislators for a nation. Their ideas of distributive justice ar — Thomas Paine, Rights of Man
But with respect to religion itself, without regard to names, and as directing itself from the universal family of manki — Thomas Paine, Rights of Man
if every one is left to judge of his own religion, there is no such thing as a religion that is wrong; but if they are t — Thomas Paine, Rights of Man
If there is a country in the world where concord, according to common calculation, would be least expected, it is Americ — Thomas Paine, Rights of Man
There exists in man a mass of sense lying in a dormant state, and which, unless something excites it to action, will des — Thomas Paine, Rights of Man
It is painful to behold a man employing his talents to corrupt himself. Nature has been kinder to Mr. Burke than he is t — Thomas Paine, Rights of Man
I will conclude this work with stating in what light religion appears to me.If we suppose a large family of children, wh — Thomas Paine, Rights of Man
Every child born in the world must be considered as deriving its existence from God. The world is this new to him as it — Thomas Paine, Rights of Man