Thomas Paine — "Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title."

"He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself."

"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…"

"The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason. I have never used any other, and I trust I never shall."

"When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary."

"The only religion that can stand the test of time is that which is founded on the immutable principles of good and evil."