The quotations of

Thomas Paine

American Founding Father, philosopher, and political activist

1737–1809

49 quotes, most often on America, Freedom and Truth & Lies. Part of the Founding Fathers collection.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
“The Crisis” (written 19 December 1776, published 23 December 1776), no. 1, in Moncure D. Conway, ed., The Writings of Thomas Paine (1894), vol. 1, p. 170.
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The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly. ‘Tis dearness only that gives everything its value.
In: Rowena Holloway Pray it Forward: Daily Meditations, iUniverse, 1 August 2007, p. 166.
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