"The balance of power is the scale..." - Quote by Thomas Paine

“Compassion, the fairest associate of the heart.”

“Immediate necessity makes many things convenient, which if continued would grow into oppressions.”

“It is not a charity but a right, not bounty but justice, that I am pleading for. The present state of civilization is as odious as it is unjust. It is absolutely the opposite of what it should be, and it is necessary that a revolution should be made in it. The contrast of affluence and wretchedness continually meeting and offending the eye, is like dead and living bodies chained together”

“Where the great force lies, there must be the sanction of peace.”

“There is "what is" only when there is no comparing and to live with "what is" is to be peaceful.”

“One war, such as that of our Revolution, is enough for one life.”

“The government itself, which is only the mode which the people have chosen to execute their will, is equally liable to be abused and perverted before the people can act through it.”

“My optimism rests on my belief in the infinite possibilities of the individual to develop nonviolence. . . . In a gentle way you can shake the world.”

“To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself into a victim. When you speak out, you are in your power. So change the situation by taking action or by speaking out if necessary or possible; leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness.”