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Thomas Paine quotes

1737–1809 · English-born American revolutionary writer

Paine's pamphlet Common Sense sold in hundreds of thousands and talked the American colonies into independence.

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3 quotes traced to Thomas Paine's own work or a reliable witness.

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These are the times that try men's souls.
Source: The American Crisis, no. 1 (1776)
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Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil.
Source: Common Sense (1776)
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My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.
Source: Rights of Man, Part II (1792)