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Quote DB :: Authors :: Thomas Paine :: View Quote View Quote "Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one." - Copy to Clipboard   --  Thomas Paine Listed in: Government Add Quote To Your Quote List   Rating: 4.96  Rate Quote 24 votes submitted Your Name: Friend's Email: Sponsored Links Top 5 quotes from Thomas Paine "There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord." "'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death." "Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us." "That government is best which governs least." "Time makes more converts than reason." Top 5 quotes from Government "When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right." "The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry." "There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters." "Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from another quarter. From the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government." "Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things."

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