Liberty Quotes Thomas Paine

Let the far and the near all unite with a cheer in defense of our liberty tree.

Liberty quotes thomas paine. January 29 is the birthday of thomas paine 1737 1809 the fiery rhetorician of america s revolution whose importance was such that john adams said. Share with your friends. Thomas paine is most famous for writing common sense which would help fuel the american revolution. Common sense the american crisis rights of.

Famous thomas paine quote an avidity to punish is always dangerous to liberty. Thomas paine s thoughts on man government society and religion p 123 rowman littlefield 196 copy quote no country can be called free which is governed by an absolute power. He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression. Library of america 76 p 595 library of america from the east to the west blow the trumpet to arms.

Thomas paine quote it has been thought a considerable advance towards establishing the principles of freedom to say that government is a compact between those who govern and those that are governed. Through the land let the sound of it flee. The converse of paine s here quote is at the very least equally accurate. Many of his writings made their way into the declaration of independence.

Common sense first published in january 1776 argued strongly for independence from england and was the most widely read pamphlet of the american. Common sense was written as a way to rally the colonists. But this cannot be true because it is putting the effect before the cause. Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity religion and morality are indispensable supports.

Quotations by thomas paine english writer born january 29 1737. It leads men to stretch to misinterpret and to misapply even the best of laws. For as man must have existed before governments existed there necessarily was a time when governments did not exist. W ithout the pen of paine the sword of washington would have been wielded in vain.

These thomas paine quotes highlight his thoughts on peace and war intelligence virtues and much more. There never did there never will and there never can exist a parliament or any description of men or any generation of men in any country possessed of the right or the power of binding and controlling posterity to the end of time or of commanding for ever how the world shall be governed or who shall govern it. Of all liberties that affect mankind religion is the best or most influential.