Томас Пейн цитаты страница 9

„Клевета — порок, обладающий необычайными свойствами: стремясь умертвить ее, вы тем самым поддерживаете ее жизнь; оставьте ее в покое — и она умрет сама.“

Без источников

„Мы слишком мало ценим то, что нам дается без усилий… и было бы очень странно, если бы мало ценилась такая удивительная вещь, как свобода.“

Без источников

„Армия принципов прорвется там, где не прорвется армия солдат.“

„Только проследив явление от самого истока, мы можем получить о нем верное понятие.“

Без источников

„Единственная идея живых существ, которую мы можем иметь, — это идея служения Богу.“

Без источников

„Малодушие — удел ничтожных. Тот, чье сердце твердо, чьи поступки совершаются в согласии с его совестью, будет отстаивать свои принципы до конца своей жизни.“

Без источников

„Для счастья человека необходимо, чтобы в душе он был верен самому себе.“

Без источников

„Умеренность в проявлении нрава — всегда добродетель.“

„Такова уж неодолимая природа правды, что она просит и желает только одного — свободного права появиться на свет. Солнце не нуждается в пояснительной надписи — его и так отличают от тьмы.“

Без источников

„Тщеславный так полон самим собою, что в нем нет места ничему другому.“

Без источников

„Когда все остальные права попраны, право на восстание становится бесспорным.“

Без источников

„Каждая эпоха и каждое поколение должны иметь такое же право решать свою судьбу во всех случаях, как и предшествовавшие эпохи и поколения.“

Без источников

„Я не верю в религии, исповедуемые еврейской, римской, греческой, турецкой, протестантской или какой-либо другой известной мне церковью. Мой собственный ум — моя церковь.“

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Томас Пейн книга Век разума

I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church.
Век разума (Часть 1) (1793)

„Если будет беда - то пусть она случится в мой день, чтобы ребёнок мой жил в мире.“

„Когда необходимо совершить что-либо, то следует отдаться делу всей душой и сердцем или уж не браться за него.“

Без источников

„Ничто не содействует столько торжеству разума, сколько спокойствие тех, которые служат ему. Истина страдает часто более от горячности своих защитников, чем от своих противников.“

Без источников

„Если ты дважды подумаешь, прежде чем один раз сказать, ты скажешь вдвое лучше.“

Без источников

„A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.“

Без источников

„Если бы веления совести были ясны, определённы и беспрекословно исполнялись, то человек не нуждался бы ни в каком ином законодательстве.“

Ошибочно приписываемые

“Magna Charta, as it was called… was no more compelling the government to renounce a part of its assumptions. It did not create and give powers to government in the manner a constitution does; but was, as far as it went, of the nature of a re-conquest, and not of a constitution; for could the nation have totally expelled the usurpation, as France has done its despotism, it would then have had a constitution to form.”

Томас Пейн: Цитаты на английском языке

“A constitution is the property of a nation, and not of those who exercise the government. All the constitutions of America are declared to be established on the authority of the people. In France, the word nation is used istead of the people; but in both cases, a constitution is a thing antecedent to the government, and always distinct therefrom.”

Thomas Paine книга Rights of Man

Part Two, Chapter III
1790s, Rights of Man, Part 2 (1792)

“It lost ground from contempt more than from hatred; and was rather jeered at as an ass, than dreaded as a lion. This is the general character of aristocracy, or what are called Nobles or Nobility, or rather No-ability, in all countries.”

Thomas Paine книга Rights of Man

Part Two, Chapter III
1790s, Rights of Man, Part 2 (1792)

“It was not against Louis the XVIth, but against the despotic principles of the government, that the nation revolted. These principles had not their origin in him, but in the original establishment, many centuries back; and they were become too deeply rooted to be removed, and the augean stable of parasites and plunderers too abominably filthy to be cleansed, by any thing short of a complete and universal revolution.”

Thomas Paine книга Rights of Man

Part 1.3 Rights of Man
1790s, Rights of Man, Part I (1791)

“The people of America had been bred up in the same prejudices against France, which at that time characterized the people of England; but experience and an acquaintance with the French Nation have most effectually shown to the American the falsehood of those prejudices; and I do not believe that a more cordial and confidential intercourse exists between any two countries than between America and France.”

Thomas Paine книга Rights of Man

Preface
1790s, Rights of Man, Part I (1791)

“It was the cause of America that made me an author. The force with which it struck my mind and the dangerous condition the country appeared to me in, by courting an impossible and an unnatural reconciliation with those who were determined to reduce her, instead of striking out into the only line that could cement and save her, A Declaration Of Independence, made it impossible for me, feeling as I did, to be silent: and if, in the course of more than seven years, I have rendered her any service, I have likewise added something to the reputation of literature, by freely and disinterestedly employing it in the great cause of mankind, and showing that there may be genius without prostitution. Independence always appeared to me practicable and probable, provided the sentiment of the country could be formed and held to the object: and there is no instance in the world, where a people so extended, and wedded to former habits of thinking, and under such a variety of circumstances, were so instantly and effectually pervaded, by a turn in politics, as in the case of independence; and who supported their opinion, undiminished, through such a succession of good and ill fortune, till they crowned it with success. But as the scenes of war are closed, and every man preparing for home and happier times, I therefore take my leave of the subject. I have most sincerely followed it from beginning to end, and through all its turns and windings: and whatever country I may hereafter be in, I shall always feel an honest pride at the part I have taken and acted, and a gratitude to nature and providence for putting it in my power to be of some use to mankind.”

Thomas Paine книга Rights of Man

Preface
1790s, Rights of Man, Part I (1791)

“I HAVE never met with a man, either in England or America, who hath not confessed his opinion, that a separation between the countries, would take place one time or other: And there is no instance, in which we have shewn less judgment, than in endeavouring to describe, what we call, the ripeness or fitness of the Continent for independance. As all men allow the measure, and vary only in their opinion of the time, let us, in order to remove mistakes, take a general survey of things, and endeavour, if possible, to find out the very time. But we need not go far, the inquiry ceases at once, for, the time hath found us. The general concurrence, the glorious union of all things prove the fact. It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies; yet our present numbers are sufficient to repel the force of all the world.”

The Crisis No. XIII
1770s, The American Crisis (1776–1783)

“Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not YET sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favour; a long habit of not thinking a thing WRONG, gives it a superficial appearance of being RIGHT, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason.”

1770s, Common Sense (1776)

“Lead, follow, or get out of the way.”

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. Explanation: Paine explained the need to speak out against a tyrannical power, notably Britain and King George III, because not doing so could be a dangerous action on its own. A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. This first part actually has two sections on its own. In the first half, Paine says it’s important to note the “wrongs” that occur when injustices are clear — not doing so gives them the “appearance of being right.” In the second half, he notes that people’s first reactions to those complaints are always to side on the side of “custom” — that is, to oppose attacks against institutions. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason. Explanation: Most Americans are not in favor of impeachment at this moment. It’s a reaction against a guarded institution — and citizens are going to behave in ways that make it seem they’re against the idea, by giving a “defense of custom,” as Paine put it. It should be noted, however, that the same held true for a different president — Richard Nixon. At the onset of investigations, a majority of Americans felt it was a waste of time. As they learned more about his actions as president, the public (including a significant number of Republicans) became more supportive of his ouster. 1770s, Common Sense (1776) Источник: Chris Walker (September 25, 2019): A Look Back At Thomas Paine, And Why Impeachment Makes ‘Common’ Sense (Even If You Think It’s A Losing Cause) [Opinion]. In: HillReporter.com. Archived https://web.archive.org/web/20190929202745/https://hillreporter.com/a-look-back-paine-and-why-impeachment-makes-sense-even-if-you-think-its-a-losing-cause-opinion-46555 from the original https://hillreporter.com/a-look-back-paine-and-why-impeachment-makes-sense-even-if-you-think-its-a-losing-cause-opinion-46555 on September 29, 2019.

“If we take a survey of ages and of countries, we shall find the women, almost - without exception - at all times and in all places, adored and oppressed. Man, who has never neglected an opportunity of exerting his power, in paying homage to their beauty, has always availed himself of their weakness He has been at once their tyrant and their slave.”

George S. Patton: "Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way", as quoted in Pocket Patriot: Quotes from American Heroes (2005) edited by Kelly Nickell, p. 157
Misattributed

“Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself—that is my doctrine.”

Disputed, Women, Adored and Oppressed (1775)

“It is the duty of every patriot to protect his country from its government.”

Robert Green Ingersoll: "...my religion is simply this: First. Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself. Second..." in "The Limitations of Toleration" (The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, vol. 7, pp. 217-260, quotation on p. 258).
Misattributed

“As to riots and tumults, let those answer for them, who, by willful misrepresentations, endeavor to excite and promote them; or who seek to stun the sense of the nation, and to lose the great cause of public good in the outrages of a misinformed mob. We take our ground on principles that require no such riotous aid. We have nothing to apprehend from the poor; for we are pleading their cause. And we fear not proud oppression, for we have truth on our side.”

Edward Abbey, "A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government." as written in "A Voice Crying in the Wilderness" (Vox Clamantis en Deserto): Notes from a Secret Journal (1990), ISBN 0312064888.
Misattributed

“We live to improve, or we live in vain.”

Источник: Address And Declaration At a Select Meeting Of The Friends Of Universal Peace And Liberty https://thomaspaine.org/essays/french-revolution/address-and-declaration.html (August 20, 1791)

“We hold that the moral obligation of providing for old age, helpless infancy, and poverty, is far superior to that of supplying the invented wants of courtly extravagance, ambition and intrigue.”

1790s

“We think it also necessary to express our astonishment that a government, desirous of being called FREE, should prefer connection with the most despotic and arbitrary powers in Europe.”

1790s

“The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.”

1790s

“A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.”

“The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind.”

“Credulity [...] is not a crime, but it becomes criminal by resisting conviction. It is strangling in the womb of the conscience the efforts it makes to ascertain truth. We should never force belief upon ourselves in any thing.”

Earliest citation to Paine appears to be in "Freedom: A Journal of Anarchist Communism Vol. XXIV" https://books.google.com/books?id=ITYfh67DKncC&pg=RA11-PA33&lpg=RA11-PA33&dq=The+trade+of+governing+has+always+been+monopolized+by+the+most+ignorant+and+the+most+rascally+individuals+of+mankind.&source=bl&ots=8DHXw2Ix1C&sig=ACfU3U3Bk_9QoyDZh_LDcoEB83cEaDWTcQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjp3I6MqOXxAhW2KVkFHfEsDb0Q6AEwBXoECBEQAw#v=onepage&q=The%20trade%20of%20governing%20has%20always%20been%20monopolized%20by%20the%20most%20ignorant%20and%20the%20most%20rascally%20individuals%20of%20mankind.&f=false. Not found in any of his works. Misattributed

“The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again.”

Thomas Paine книга Век разума

1790s, The Age of Reason, Part II (1795), The New Testament

“I speak a language full and intelligible. I deal not in hints and intimations. [...] First, that I may be clearly understood. Secondly, that it may be seen I am in earnest; and, thirdly, because it is an affront to truth to treat falsehood with complaisance.”

Thomas Paine книга Век разума

1790s, The Age of Reason, Part II (1795), The Old Testament