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A famous quote from him comes from one of his books during the revolution, called The Crisis. Thhe quote is: "These are the times that try men's souls." Toleration is not the oppositeof intolerance but the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms: the one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscience, the other of granting it.
-- Thomas Paine, The Rights of Man [Excerpt]
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression.
-- Thomas Paine, Dissertations on First Principles of Government (July 7, 1795), as quoted by Joseph Lewis in Inspiration and Wisdom from the Writings of Thomas Paine It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what one does not believe.
-- Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason (1794) I have always strenuously supported the right of every man to his own opinion, however different that opinion might be to mine. He who denies another this right makes a slave of himself to his present opinion, because he precludes himself the right of changing it.
-- Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason (1794), thanks to Laird Wilcox, ed, The Writer's Rights (2002) p. 31
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Who wrote common sense a pamphlet that convinced many Americans that complete break with Britain was necessary?
Thomas Paine.
Is thomas Paine single?
No, thomas Paine is not single.
Was Thomas Paine a vegetarian?
There is no evidence that Thomas Paine was a vegetarian.
Who was the author for common sense?
thomas Paine
Who were the leaders of The Enlightenment of America?
Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine A+
How many children did Thomas Paine have?
thomas paine had 0 kids
Is thomas Paine single?
No, thomas Paine is not single.
Who wrote common sense a pamphlet that convinced many Americans that complete break with Britain was necessary?
Thomas Paine.
Who was the author for common sense?
thomas Paine
Was Thomas Paine a vegetarian?
There is no evidence that Thomas Paine was a vegetarian.
What is Thomas Paine's middle name?
Thomas Adams Paine
Who is the aurthor of common sense and the crisis?
Thomas Paine
What are Thomas paine's contribution?
Thomas Paine's contribution was the Continental Congress.
Who wrote the pamphlet common sense in which it was argued that the colonies should declare independent?
Thomas Paine. :) Yes, that was the fellow.... your welcome.
What were Thomas Paine's Accomplishments?
thomas paine helped patriots win the war
What influenced Thomas Paine's writings?
thomas Paine was influenced by Rousseau's argument
