"A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody."

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Source : Thomas Paine, Bruce Kuklick (2000). “Paine: Political Writings”, p.100, Cambridge University Press

Thomas Paine

#Trust Quotes #Men Quotes #Accountability Quotes

“We don't seek empires.We're not imperialistic.”
“People who use Class will never understand all the crap they are doing.”
“Life is a flow of love.”
“Lookin' back is a bad habit.”
“The first world is going to have to account for this sort of horrible poverty in our midst. We have to, first of all, become aware of it. We have to take responsibility for it. And then we have to do something about it for our own freedom, for our own salvation, for our own humanity.”
“A social contract is the way out of this dilemma for corporations that want to lead in the 21st century by showing consumers how seriously they take customer loyalty and goodwill.”
“The last thing that man will understand in nature is the performance of his brain.”
“I tried to think about these two issues very freely. With sex, I think I can manage with that. With death, this is a more difficult theme for me. I'm not a believer, even though I'm baptized. I don't practice. I don't believe in God, so I feel very alone facing death. What I discovered is that the only way to recognize death is if you are part of life, if you are part of sexual pleasure, if you link it with sexual pleasure.”

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