Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine
Thomas Painewas an English-American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary. One of the Founding Fathers of the United States, he authored the two most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution, and he inspired the rebels in 1776 to declare independence from Britain. His ideas reflected Enlightenment-era rhetoric of transnational human rights. He has been called "a corsetmaker by trade, a journalist by profession, and a propagandist by inclination"...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth29 January 1736
CityThetford, England
For freemen like brothers agree; With one spirit endured, they one friendship pursued, And their temple was Liberty Tree
It has been the political career of this man to begin with hypocrisy, proceed with arrogance, and finish with contempt
Let the world see that this nation can bear prosperity; and that her honest virtue in time of peace is equal to her bravest valor in time of war.
My country is wherever liberty lives.
Government is a necessary evil
The choicest gift of God [is] the gift of reason.
It is the duty of every true Deist to vindicate the moral justice of God against the evils of the Bible.
The fate of Charles I has only made kings more subtle, not more just.
The more we bestow the richer we become.
The more men have to lose, the less willing are they to venture.
The moral duty of man consists of imitating the moral goodness and beneficence of God, manifested in the creation towards all his creatures. Everything of persecution and revenge between man and man, and everything of cruelty to animals is a violation of moral duty
These are the days that try man's heart.
The art of publicity is a black art; but it has come to stay, and every year adds to its potency.
I believe in one God, and no more; and I hope for happiness beyond this life.