It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same.

Quote by Thomas Paine

Topics: Defeat Quotes, Enemies Quotes

Human nature is not of itself vicious.

Human nature is not of itself vicious.

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...

The Vatican is a dagger in the heart of Italy.

The Vatican is a dagger in the heart of Italy.

Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a...

Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a...

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...

It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself....

It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself....

It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of...

It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of...

Character is much easier kept than recovered.

Character is much easier kept than recovered.

These are the times that try men's souls.

These are the times that try men's souls.

Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is...

Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is...

Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness.

Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness.

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...

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man

That there are men in all countries who get their living by war, and by...

That there are men in all countries who get their living by war, and by...

It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration.

It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration.

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.

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;...

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...

While shepherds watch'd their flocks by night, All seated on the ground, The Angel of...

While shepherds watch'd their flocks by night, All seated on the ground, The Angel of...

There are nine orders of angels, to wit, angels, archangels, virtues, powers, principalities, dominations, thrones,...

There are nine orders of angels, to wit, angels, archangels, virtues, powers, principalities, dominations, thrones,...

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush,...

For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush,...