Showing posts with label Thomas Paine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thomas Paine. Show all posts
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Saturday, August 20, 2011
Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809)
"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." Thomas Paine
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809)
"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. Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil." Thomas Paine
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