Thomas Paine — "Kings succeed each other, not as rationals, but as animals. It signifies not wha…"
Kings succeed each other, not as rationals, but as animals. It signifies not what their mental or moral characters are.
Get This Quote & Author's Image Illustrated On:
Click any product to generate a realistic preview. Up to 3 at a time.
* Initial load can take up to 90 seconds — revising the preview in another color is nearly instant.
Kitchen
Apparel
Other
More from Thomas Paine
"When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary."
"A French bastard landing with an armed Banditti and establishing himself king of England against the consent of the natives, is in plain terms a very paltry rascally original. It certainly hath no div…"
"Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one."
"Government is no farther necessary than to supply the few cases to which society and civilization are not conveniently competent."
"To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to conv…"