Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Quote by Thomas Paine

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To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would...

To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would...

Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly...

Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly...

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition;...

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition;...

Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as...

Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as...

The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.

The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.

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

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

To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their...

To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their...

The obscene and vulgar stories in the Bible are as repugnant to our ideas of...

The obscene and vulgar stories in the Bible are as repugnant to our ideas of...

But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it...

But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it...

My mind is my own church.

My mind is my own church.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may...

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may...

Of all the systems of religion that ever were invented, there is no more derogatory...

Of all the systems of religion that ever were invented, there is no more derogatory...

And this manner of speaking of the Almighty, as one would speak of a man,...

And this manner of speaking of the Almighty, as one would speak of a man,...

Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society.

Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society.

There is scarcely any part of science or any thing in nature, which those impostors...

There is scarcely any part of science or any thing in nature, which those impostors...

We ought therefore to suspect that a great mass of information respecting the Bible, and...

We ought therefore to suspect that a great mass of information respecting the Bible, and...

That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly.

That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly.

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary

The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil.

The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil.

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us...

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us...

You can never plan the future by the past.

You can never plan the future by the past.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy,...

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy,...