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| | * "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." (1795)<ref>Paine, "Dissertation on First Principles of Government," ''The Writings of Thomas Paine,'' ed. Moncure D. Conway, vol. 3, p. 277 (1895).</ref> | | * "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." (1795)<ref>Paine, "Dissertation on First Principles of Government," ''The Writings of Thomas Paine,'' ed. Moncure D. Conway, vol. 3, p. 277 (1895).</ref> |
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| − | *"To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their choice, and to say they had rather be loaded with taxes than not." (1792)<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=a5YIAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA7-PA12&dq=paine+%22any+people+are+not+fit+for+freedom%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=1923&num=30&as_brr=0&as_pt=ALLTYPES ''Rights of Man'' online]</ref> | + | *"To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their choice, and to say they had rather be loaded with taxes than not." (1792)<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=a5YIAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA7-PA12&dq=paine+%22any+people+are+not+fit+for+freedom%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=1923&num=30&as_brr=0&as_pt=ALLTYPES ''Rights of Man'' online]</ref> |
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| | * "Those words, “temperate and moderate,” are words either of political cowardice, or of cunning, or seduction. A thing, moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper, is always a virtue; but moderation in principle, is a species of vice."<ref>Paine, "Letter to the addressers on the late proclamation against seditious writings." in ''The Writings of Thomas Paine,'' ed. Moncure D. Conway, vol. 3, pp. 94–95</ref>(1895). | | * "Those words, “temperate and moderate,” are words either of political cowardice, or of cunning, or seduction. A thing, moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper, is always a virtue; but moderation in principle, is a species of vice."<ref>Paine, "Letter to the addressers on the late proclamation against seditious writings." in ''The Writings of Thomas Paine,'' ed. Moncure D. Conway, vol. 3, pp. 94–95</ref>(1895). |
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| − | * Paine, Thomas. ''Common Sense'' (1776; 1817 edition) 56 pages [http://books.google.com/books?id=wVt7VxvFyegC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:thomas+inauthor:paine&lr=&num=30&as_brr=1&as_pt=ALLTYPES complete text online] | + | * Paine, Thomas. ''Common Sense'' (1776; 1817 edition) 56 pages [https://books.google.com/books?id=wVt7VxvFyegC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:thomas+inauthor:paine&lr=&num=30&as_brr=1&as_pt=ALLTYPES complete text online] |
| − | * Paine, Thomas. ''The American Crisis'' (1777; 1819 edition) 196 pages [http://books.google.com/books?id=OQ8j54UCyjAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:thomas+inauthor:paine&lr=&num=30&as_brr=1&as_pt=ALLTYPES complete text online] | + | * Paine, Thomas. ''The American Crisis'' (1777; 1819 edition) 196 pages [https://books.google.com/books?id=OQ8j54UCyjAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:thomas+inauthor:paine&lr=&num=30&as_brr=1&as_pt=ALLTYPES complete text online] |
| | * Paine, Thomas. ''Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings'' ed. by Mark Philp - (1995), 510pp [http://www.questia.com/read/35524799?title=Rights%20of%20Man%2c%20Common%20Sense%2c%20and%20Other%20Political%20Writings online edition] | | * Paine, Thomas. ''Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings'' ed. by Mark Philp - (1995), 510pp [http://www.questia.com/read/35524799?title=Rights%20of%20Man%2c%20Common%20Sense%2c%20and%20Other%20Political%20Writings online edition] |
| | * [http://www.pickeringchatto.com/major_works/thomas_paine_and_america_1776_1809 "Thomas Paine and America, 1776–1809" 6 volumes of primary sources in response to Paine] | | * [http://www.pickeringchatto.com/major_works/thomas_paine_and_america_1776_1809 "Thomas Paine and America, 1776–1809" 6 volumes of primary sources in response to Paine] |