He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach himself.

Quote by Thomas Paine

Topics: Enemies Quotes, Liberty Quotes

Character is much easier kept than recovered.

Character is much easier kept than recovered.

All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other...

All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other...

My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.

My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.

It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.

It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.

He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell...

He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell...

War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom...

War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom...

The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place,...

The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place,...

The study of theology, as it stands in the Christian churches, is the study of...

The study of theology, as it stands in the Christian churches, is the study of...

The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place,...

The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place,...

A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in...

A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in...

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man

If a God, he could not suffer death, for immortality cannot die, and as a...

If a God, he could not suffer death, for immortality cannot die, and as a...

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress,...

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress,...

My mind is my own church.

My mind is my own church.

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of...

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of...

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue...

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue...

If we do not hang together, we shall surely hang separately.

If we do not hang together, we shall surely hang separately.

Human nature is not of itself vicious.

Human nature is not of itself vicious.

These are the times that try men's souls.

These are the times that try men's souls.

Every religion is good that teaches man to be good; and I know of none...

Every religion is good that teaches man to be good; and I know of none...