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Quote DB :: Authors :: Thomas Paine :: View Quote View Quote "A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right." - Copy to Clipboard   --  Thomas Paine Listed in: Miscellaneous Add Quote To Your Quote List   Rating: 4.4  Rate Quote 5 votes submitted Your Name: Friend's Email: Sponsored Links Top 5 quotes from Thomas Paine "Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one." "When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon." "I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church." "We have it in our power to begin the world over again." "Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it." Top 5 quotes from Miscellaneous "Sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities." "Everything in the world may be endured except continued prosperity." "Man has almost constant occasion for the help of his brethren, and it is in vain for him to expect it from their benevolence only." "Every individual...generally, indeed, neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it. By preferring the support of domestic to that of foreign industry he intends only his own security; and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention." "My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint."

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