Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice

Quote by Thomas Paine

Topics: Moderation Quotes, Virtue Quotes

From such beginnings of governments, what could be expected, but a continual system of war...

From such beginnings of governments, what could be expected, but a continual system of war...

Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst.

Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst.

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...

Though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire

Though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire

One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.

One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.

We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on...

We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on...

Those who expect to reap the blessings of liberty must undergo the fatigues of supporting...

Those who expect to reap the blessings of liberty must undergo the fatigues of supporting...

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state,...

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state,...

The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem...

The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem...

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...

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...

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for...

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for...

The American constitutions were to liberty, what a grammar is to language: they define its...

The American constitutions were to liberty, what a grammar is to language: they define its...

My mind is my own church.

My mind is my own church.

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...

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...

We have it in our power to begin the world over again.

We have it in our power to begin the world over again.

I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in...

I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in...

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...