Thomas Paine

Of more worth is one honest man to society, and in the sight of God, than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived.

Thomas Paine

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

Thomas Paine

Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.

Thomas Paine

Tears may soothe the wounds they cannot heal.

Thomas Paine

The accumulation of great wealth is, in many instances, the effect of paying too little for the labor that produced it, the consequence of which is that the working people perish in old age and the employer abounds in affluence.

Thomas Paine

The animals to whom nature has given the faculty we call cunning know always when to use it, and use it wisely; but when man descends to cunning he blunders and betrays.

Thomas Paine

The birthday of a new world is at hand.

Thomas Paine

The guilt of a government is the crime of a whole country.

Thomas Paine

The intimacy which is contracted in infancy, and friendship which is formed in misfortune, are, of all others, the most lasting and unalterable.

Thomas Paine

The protection of a man’s person is more sacred than the protection of his property.

Thomas Paine