Thomas paine biography common sense quotes

“A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom.

11 Classic Quotes from Common Sense by Thomas Paine

But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason.”
― Thomas Paine, quote from Common Sense

“Time makes more converts than reason.”
― Thomas Paine, quote from Common Sense

“Society is produced by our wants, and government by wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices.

The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last a punisher.”
― Thomas Paine, quote from Common Sense

“From the errors of other nations, let us learn wisdom,”
― Thomas Paine, quote from Common Sense

“One of the strongest natural proofs of the folly of hereditary right in kings, is, that nature disapproves it, otherwise, she would not so frequently turn it into ridicule by giving mankind an ass f Thomas Paine Quotes About Tyranny | A-Z Quotes TUXYN