What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. Thomas Paine View this quote
Man cannot make principles, he can only discover them. Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine
Men did not make the earth. It is the value of the improvements only, and not the earth itself, that is individual property. Every proprietor owes to the community a ground rent for the land which he holds. Thomas Paine
Men who look upon themselves born to reign, and others to obey, soon grow insolent; selected from the rest of mankind their minds are early poisoned by importance. Thomas Paine
Mind thine own concerns. If he believes not as thou believest, it is a proof that thou believest not as he believes, and there is no earthly power can determine between you. Thomas Paine
Misfortune and experience are lost upon mankind, when they produce neither reflection nor reformation. Evils, like poisons, have their uses, and there are diseases which no other remedy can reach. Thomas Paine
Mutual fear is a principal link in the chain of mutual love. Thomas Paine
My country is the world, and my religion is to do good. Thomas Paine
My mind is my own church. Thomas Paine
No man is prejudiced in favor of a thing, knowing it to be wrong. He is attached to it on the belief of its being right; and when he sees it is not so, the prejudice will be gone. Thomas Paine
Nothing but heaven is impregnable to vice. Thomas Paine
English and American political activist
February 9th, 1737 - June 8th, 1809