He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach himself. – Thomas Paine
What at first was plunder assumed the softer name of revenue. – Thomas Paine
Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true. – 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
My dad was a huge country music fan, but he also had a band and he sang. So hed listen to a lot of music and the songs that hed learn for the band were more from the male artists. So my earliest country memories were Waylon Jennings, Conway Twitty, George Jones, Johnny Paycheck even. – Martina McBride