Thomas Paine

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

Action and care will in time wear down the strongest frame, but guilt and melancholy are poisons of quick dispatch.

Action and care will in time wear down the strongest frame, but guilt and melancholy are poisons of quick dispatch.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.

These are the times that try men's souls.

These are the times that try men's souls.

A bad cause will never be supported by bad means and bad men.

A bad cause will never be supported by bad means and bad men.