Thomas Paine Quotes about Common Sense

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Common sense will tell us, that the power which hath endeavoured to subdue us, is of all others, the most improper to defend us.

Common sense will tell us, that the power which hath endeavoured to subdue us, is of all others, the most improper to defend us.

Thomas Paine

Common Sense, Liberty, Common

Thomas Paine (2015). “Common Sense, The Crisis, & Other Writings from the American Revolution: (Library of America Paperback Classic)”, p.63, Library of America

The Christian system of religion is an outrage on common sense.

Thomas Paine

Christian, Common Sense, Religion

Thomas Paine (1830). “The Theological Works of Thomas Paine: To which are Added the Profession of Faith of a Savoyard Vicar”, p.334

Society is produced by our wants, and government by wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last a punisher.

Thomas Paine

Government, Common Sense, Vices

Thomas Paine (2015). “Common Sense: and The American Crisis I”, p.15, Penguin