Thomas Paine Shorts
Description: Thomas Paine was an English born American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary. He authored the two most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution and inspired the patriots in 1776 to declare independence from Great Britain.
Description: Thomas Paine quote: A man who is so exceedingly civil that for the sake of quietude and a peaceable name will silently see the community imposed upon, or their rights invaded, may, in his principles, be a good man, but cannot be stiled a useful one, neither does he come up to the full mark of his duty; for silence becomes a kind of crime when it operates as a cover or an encouragement to the guilty.
Description: Thomas Paine quote: It is never to be expected in a revolution that every man is to change his opinion at the same moment. There never yet was any truth or any principle so irresistibly obvious that all men believed it at once. Time and reason must cooperate with each other to the final establishment of any principle; and therefore those who may happen to be first convinced have not a right to persecute others, on whom conviction operates more slowly. The moral principle of revolutions is to instruct, not to destroy.
Description: A monochrome circular emblem featuring a portrait of Thomas Paine in the center. The text "THESE ARE THE TIMES" is inscribed in a semicircle above his head, and "THAT TRY MEN'S SOULS." is inscribed in a semicircle below him. "THOMAS PAINE" is written to the left of his chest, and "THOMAS" is written to the right.
Description: A monochrome design features a portrait of Thomas Paine inside of a thick circular ring. The portrait is detailed with line work. Above and below the portrait is the text, "Thomas" and "Paine". Below the portrait and curved around the circle is the text, "These Are Times That Try Men's Souls".
Description: A monochrome portrait of Thomas Paine is centered within a circular emblem with text. The text "THESE ARE THE TIMES" curves above his head, and "THAT TRY MEN'S SOULS" curves below. His name, "Thomas" and "Paine", are positioned to the left and right of his portrait, respectively.
Description: Thomas Paine quote: Despotic government supports itself by abject civilization, in which debasement of the human mind, and wretchedness in the mass of the people, are the chief criterions. Such governments consider man merely as an animal; that the exercise of intellectual faculty is not his privilege; that he has nothing to do with the laws but to obey them; and they politically depend more upon breaking the spirit of the people by poverty, than they fear enraging it by desperation.
Description: "...government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one..." -Thomas Paine, Common Sense 1776
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one. Shorts
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Description: Thomas Paine quote: An avidity to punish is always dangerous to liberty. It leads men to stretch, to misinterpret, and to misapply even the best of laws. He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
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Description: A vintage-inspired Thomas Paine design featuring the famous quote “These are the times that try men’s souls.” This Revolutionary War era quote design is perfect for fans of American history, Common Sense, liberty, independence, Founding Fathers, patriot designs, and classic political writing. Great for history teachers, students, patriots, libertarians, constitutional conservatives, and anyone who enjoys old republic style quote designs.
Description: "A body of men, holding themselves accountable to nobody, ought not be trusted by anybody." - Thomas Paine - Delivers the timeless case for accountability and oversight. Power without answerability is power that will be abused. Makes a great gift for civic-minded thinkers, history buffs, and defenders of democracy.
Description: This powerful 18th-century warning from American revolutionary Thomas Paine remains shockingly relevant today. Featuring bold typography and symbolic imagery, this design calls out unchecked authority in government, corporations, and institutions. The design gives Paine's words new urgency for modern activists. Makes a great gift for history buffs, constitutionalists, anti-corruption activists, and anyone who believes power must answer to the people.
Description: John Locke - English philosopher John Locke, in his Two Treatises of Government, argued that individuals possess natural rights to life, liberty, and property that exist prior to the formation of any government. Locke's ideas profoundly influenced the American Revolution and the development of liberal thought. He argued that all people naturally inherit these rights, and governments exist only to protect them. This idea deeply shaped modern democracy and Western political thought.
