"Here then is the origin and rise..." - Quote by Thomas Paine

“These proceedings may at first seem strange and difficult, but like all other steps which we have already passed over, will in a little time become familiar and agreeable: and until an independence is declared, the Continent will feel itself like a man who continues putting off some unpleasant business from day to day, yet knows it must be done, hates to set about it, wishes it over, and is continually haunted with the thoughts of its necessity.”

“The greatest remedy for anger is delay.”

“Every Tory is a coward; for servile, slavish, self-interested fear is the foundation of Toryism; and a man under such influence, though he may be cruel, never can be brave.”

“If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go: perchance it will wear smooth”

“The good lawgiver should inquire how states and races of men and communities may participate in a good life, and in the happiness which is attainable by them.”

“Our nonviolence in respect of the Government is a result of our incapacity for effective violence.”

“I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility. It's part of who I am. It does not define me.”

“I'm not a person who likes authority. I just love the fact that it's up to me, and I go straight to the audience.”

“I am the dream and the hope of the slave”