Thomas Paine Duty Quotations

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.

As to religion, I hold it to be the indispensable duty of all government to protect all conscientious professors thereof, and I know of no other business which government hath to do therewith.

Whatever is my right as a man is also the right of another; and it becomes my duty to guarantee as well as to possess.

It is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error.

Where knowledge is a duty, ignorance is a crime.