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Thomas Paine Quotes


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

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.
- Thomas Paine

To the evil of monarchy we have added that of hereditary succession; and as the first is a degradation and lessening of ourselves, so the second, claimed as a matter of right, is an insult and imposition on posterity.
- Thomas Paine
  Common Sense

We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
- Tom Paine

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
- Thomas Paine

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