Thomas Paine

"It is an honor to serve mankind."

"The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous as the tyranny of the majority in a democracy."

"I prefer a country with a steady state of existence."

"Art elevates the mind and refines the sensibilities."

"Nature knows no evil, but man invents it."

"The science of government is the science of social happiness."

"A thing dark by choice is darker by concealment."

"Men are the creatures of habits."

"Intemperance is a fearful evil."

"The object of all political associations is the good of the whole."

"Reading maketh a full man."

"Time makes more converts than reason."

"Every man serves a useful purpose."

"The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind."

"The body of the people, as opposed to individuals, is the supreme power of a democracy."

"Patience is something you need more of than you'll ever have."

"A single man has not the wherewithal to support twenty women."

"The history of nations is nothing more than the history of their errors."

"Riches and poverty are equally hurtful to the morals of mankind."

"The least degree of virtue carries our happiness beyond the clouds."

"A great soul will be equally above flattery and slander."

"Self-interest is the principal foundation of the whole."

"Terror is not a word to be used lightly in the English language."

"The greatest gift is the gift of freedom."

"I made it my business to understand the nature of things."

"Nothing is more common than for men to employ themselves about the affairs that concern them not."

"The work of man is to construct and to build."

"Youth is the proper time to form habits."

"All hereditary government is in its nature tyranny."

"The public good is in nothing more essentially interested than in the support of the public liberty."