Thomas Paine
Patriots
"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.""It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government."
"Now is the seedtime of continental union, faith and honor. The least fracture now, will be like a name engraved with the point of a pin on the tender rind of a young oak; the wound would enlarge with the tree, and posterity read in it full grown characters."
Government
"Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer or are exposed to the same miseries by a government, which we might expect in a country without government, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer."Liberty (Freedom)
"He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.""Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
Right to Keep and Bear Arms
"These people are either too superstitiously religious, or too cowardly for arms; they either can not or dare not defend; their property is open to anyone who has the courage to attack them.The supposed quietude of a good man allures the ruffian; while on the other hand, arms, like law, discourage and keep the invader and the plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property.
The balance of power is the scale of peace.
The same balance would be preserved were all the world destitute of arms, for all would be alike; but since some will not, others dare not lay them aside.
Horrid mischief would ensue were one-half the world deprived of the use of them; for while avarice and ambition have a place in the heart of man, the weak will become a prey to the strong"
War
"He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death." More about this great man:
Common Sense By Thomas Paine
The Rights of Man By Thomas Paine
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