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My Town Tutors loves history. In honor of the 4th of July, we are compiling great quotes from the founding fathers.
Below are quotes from Thomas Paine:
- “If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.” Thomas Paine
- “These are the times that try men’s souls.” Thomas Paine
- “The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”
Thomas Paine - “What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.” Thomas Paine
- “The greatest remedy for anger is delay.” Thomas Paine
- “Better fare hard with good men than feast it with bad.” Thomas Paine
- “Lead, follow, or get out of the way.” Thomas Paine
- “Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.” Thomas Paine
- “We have it in our power to begin the world over again.” 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
- “A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue, but moderation in principle is always a vice.” Thomas Paine, “The Rights of Man”, 1792
- “An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.” Thomas Paine
- “Character is much easier kept than recovered.” Thomas Paine
- “Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness.” Thomas Paine
- “Such is the irresistible nature of truth that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing.” Thomas Paine
- “The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.” Thomas Paine
- “The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.” Thomas Paine
- “To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.” Thomas Paine
- “When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.” Thomas Paine
- “When my country, into which I had just set my foot, was set on fire about my ears, it was time to stir. It was time for every man to stir.” Thomas Paine, Common Sense
- “We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in.” Thomas Paine