Thomas Paine – The First American Blogger
His Words in Today's Context
“When I look into history and see the multitudes of men, otherwise virtuous, who have died, and their families been ruined, in the defense of knaves and fools, and which they would not have done, had they reasoned at all upon the system; I do not know a greater good that an individual can render …
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“Mystery is the antagonist of truth. It is a fog of human invention, that obscures truth, and represents it in distortion. Truth never envelops itself in mystery, and the mystery in which it is at any time enveloped is the work of its antagonist, and never of itself.”-Thomas Paine The enemy of truth is often …
“There are men who have not virtue enough to be angry.”-Thomas Paine But that isn’t you – you’re mad as hell and you aren’t going to take it anymore. Tags: mad+as+hell, anger, thomas+paine+quotes+interpreted
“When moral principles, rather than persons, are candidates for power, to vote is to perform a moral duty, and not to vote is to neglect a duty.”-Thomas Paine When it is necessary for a nation to change its course, as it surely is now, it is not only a right but also our duty to vote for the …