• “The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind.” ~Thomas Paine (1776)
  

• “It is the madness of folly, to expect mercy from those who have refused to do justice; and even mercy, where conquest is the object, is only a trick of war; the cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf.” ~Thomas Paine (1776)
  

• “When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.” ~Thomas Paine (1776)
  

• “We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in.” ~Thomas Paine (1777)
  

• “I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.” ~Thomas Paine (1776)
  

• “I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.” ~Thomas Paine (1776)
  

• “But where says some is the King of America? I’ll tell you Friend, he reigns above, and doth not make havoc of mankind like the Royal Brute of Britain.” ~Thomas Paine (1776)
  

• “A little matter will move a party, but it must be something great that moves a nation.” ~Thomas Paine (1792)
  

• “When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.” ~Thomas Paine (1776)
  

• “We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in.” ~Thomas Paine (1777)