The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection. – Thomas Paine
What at first was plunder assumed the softer name of revenue. – Thomas Paine

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection. – Thomas Paine
What at first was plunder assumed the softer name of revenue. – Thomas Paine
One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests. – Thomas Paine
Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as those by which the universe is regulated and governed. Man cannot make principles he can only discover them. – Thomas Paine