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Common Sense Quotes Showing 1-30 of 183. “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.”.
‘The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind.’. These words appear in the introduction to Common Sense, and help to lift Paine’s pamphlet up out of its specific context and make it a universal plea for independence and anti-monarchical government.
20 of the best book quotes from Common Sense. 01. “Such is the irresistible nature of truth that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing.”. Thomas Paine. author. Common Sense. book. truth. concept.
Important Quotes Explained. Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one... This quote, from the first page of Common Sense, lays out Paine's general conception of government.
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“Time makes more converts than reason.” ― Thomas Paine, quote from Common Sense. Copy text. “Society is produced by our wants, and government by wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions.
