Thomas Paine Quotes

[American colonists] had no common national tradition except that against which they were revolting.

I don't want anybody to dictate to America how to decide our lives.

Americans want a nation-state: our own country with a history of freedom combined with responsibility.

Wherever the standard of freedom and independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will be America's heart, her benedictions and her prayers.

Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation - not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago.

Henceforth, we shall be happy to be a free citizen in an independent country.

Nothing is more precious than independence and liberty.

America was not founded to improve health care or housing; it was founded for freedom.

Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.

The independence of the United States is not only more precious to ourselves but to the world than any single possession.

Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free.

The Malagasy people must have the liberty to choose their own future.

When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.

Unlike other peoples the United States found their origin in a deliberate act of corporate self-assertion, and ever since the Revolution every little American has been taught to associate himself personally with this creative act.

Argentina wouldn't exist if not for self-determination, and this can't be valid for some but not for others.

Let the grand errand into America never be forgotten.

After centuries the time has come when India has gained independence from foreign rule and it's the time when we all [the Independent Princely States) should unite for our motherland""

The most powerful single force in the world today…man’s eternal desire to be free and independent.

The love of liberty brought us here.

America is not to be Rome or Britain. It is to be America.

Liberty Dearer Than Union

Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.

Our ancestors have always regarded independence as fundamental to the concept of a nation.

There is nothing as important as freedom and independence.

I am English, born in freedom.