The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. – Thomas Paine
The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance. – Thomas Paine

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. – Thomas Paine
The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance. – Thomas Paine
It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of God, that the Bible describes. – Thomas Paine
To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their choice, and to say they had rather be loaded with taxes than not. – Thomas Paine