"Reason and Ignorance, the opposites of each other, influence the great bulk of mankind. If either of these can be rendered sufficiently extensive in a country, the machinery of Government goes easily on. Reason obeys itself; and Ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it."

Source : Thomas Paine (2016). “THOMAS PAINE Ultimate Collection: Political Works, Philosophical Writings, Speeches, Letters & Biography (Including Common Sense, The Rights of Man & The Age of Reason): The American Crisis, The Constitution of 1795, Declaration of Rights, Agrarian Justice, The Republican Proclamation, Anti-Monarchal Essay, Letters to Thomas Jefferson and George Washington…”, p.276, e-artnow

Thomas Paine

#Country Quotes #Ignorance Quotes #Opposites Quotes

“So much of life, so much of work, is luck.”
“Almost forty-five years after my parents first became Americans, I stand before you and them tonight as the proud governor of the state of South Carolina.”

Source : Nikki Haley RNC speech, www.politico.com. August 29, 2012.
“people are not good to each other. perhaps if they were our deaths would not be so sad.”
“If I have committed any culinary atrocities, please forgive me.”
“The elements that unite to make the Grand Canyon the most sublime spectacle in nature are multifarious and exceedingly diverse.”

Source : John Wesley Powell (2008). “Canyons of the Colorado”, p.394, Cosimo, Inc.
“Nature's curriculum cannot be changed.”
“We learn from the Gospel that when they asked Jesus what the truth was, he did not reply.”
“The fast paced nature of our technologically-driven world seems to create issues that would appear to be foreign to ancient civilization.”

"Reason and Ignorance, the opposites of each other, influence the great bulk of mankind. If either of these can be rendered sufficiently extensive in a country, the machinery of Government goes easily on. Reason obeys itself; and Ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it."

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