Thomas Paine

"Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice."

- Thomas Paine

"The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."

- Thomas Paine

"I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ’Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death."

- Thomas Paine

"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."

- Thomas Paine

"I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. ’Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death."

- Thomas Paine

""The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.""

- Thomas Paine

"“These are the times that try men’s souls.”"

- Thomas Paine

"Time, the great healer of all wounds."

- Thomas Paine

"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like me, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."

- Thomas Paine

"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like me, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."

- Thomas Paine

"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it."

- Thomas Paine

"“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.”"

- Thomas Paine

"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."

- Thomas Paine

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

- Thomas Paine

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

- Thomas Paine

"The real [wo/]man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection."

- Thomas Paine

"It is impossible to conquer a nation determined to be free!"

- Thomas Paine

"The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark."

- Thomas Paine

"We have it in our power to begin the world over again."

- Thomas Paine

"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it."

- Thomas Paine

"An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot."

- Thomas Paine

"…the individuals themselves, each in his own personal and sovereign right, entered into a compact with each other to produce a government: and this is the only mode in which governments have a right to arise, and the only principle on which they have a right to exist."

- Thomas Paine