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Thomas Paine fue un político, escritor, filósofo, intelectual radical y revolucionario estadounidense de origen inglés. Promotor del liberalismo y de la democracia. Es considerado uno de los Padres fundadores de los Estados Unidos.

Nacido en Thetford, en el condado inglés de Norfolk, Paine emigró a las colonias británicas en América en 1774 para participar en la revolución americana. Sus contribuciones principales fueron el tan leído ensayo Common Sense , donde abogaba por la independencia de las colonias y The American crisis una serie de escritos a favor de la revolución.

En 1789 visitó Francia y allí vivió durante casi toda la década siguiente. Se vio envuelto profundamente en los primeros años de la Revolución francesa. Escribió Rights of Man , en parte una defensa de la Revolución francesa contra sus críticos, en particular el hombre de estado británico Edmund Burke. En Gran Bretaña, fue juzgado y declarado culpable en ausencia por el crimen de libelo sedicioso. A pesar de no hablar francés, fue elegido para la Convención Nacional en 1792. Los girondinos le vieron como un aliado por lo que los montañeses, en especial Robespierre, lo consideraron su enemigo. En diciembre de 1793, fue arrestado y encarcelado en París y liberado en 1794. Se hizo notorio por La edad de la razón , libro que aboga por el deísmo, promueve la razón y el librepensamiento, argumenta en contra de la religión institucionalizada y las doctrinas cristianas. También escribió Justicia agraria , discutiendo los orígenes de la propiedad e introduciendo el concepto de renta mínima garantizada. Wikipedia  

✵ 9. febrero 1737 – 8. junio 1809   •   Otros nombres Пейн Томас
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Frases célebres de Thomas Paine

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“"Discutir con un hombre que ha renunciado al uso y la autoridad de la razón, y cuya filosofía consiste en despreciar a la humanidad, es como administrar la medicina a los muertos o tratar de convertir a un ateo por las Escrituras".”

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“Es tal la fuerza irresistible de la verdad, que lo único que pide y lo único que necesita es libertad para mostrarse. El Sol no necesita ningún rótulo para que se le distinga de la oscuridad.”

Thomas Paine

Fuente: Pumarega, Manuel. Frases célebres de hombres célebres. 3ª Edición. Editorial México, 1949, p. 248.

“Mi país es el Mundo y mi religión es hacer el bien.”

Thomas Paine libro Los derechos del hombre

Fuente: Sociedad civil global: 2004/2005. Editorial Icaria Editorial, 2005. ISBN 9788474268232, p. 137.
Fuente: Los derechos del hombre, 1791

“Hay dos clases de pensamientos: los que nosotros mismos producimos por la reflexión y el acto de pensar, y los que acuden a la mente por su propia voluntad.”

Thomas Paine

“La religión cristiana es una parodia de la adoración del Sol, en la cual se puso a un hombre al que llamaron Cristo en el lugar del Sol, y le ofrecieron la adoración que originalmente se ofrecía al Sol.”

Thomas Paine

Fuente: Citado en Lococo Nicola. La ilustracion iniciada. Editorial Masonica.es, 2016.

Thomas Paine Frases y Citas

“Es una falsedad del sistema cristiano considerar a las ciencias como una invención humana: lo único que es humano es su aplicación. Toda ciencia se basa en un sistema de principios tan fijos e inalterables como los que rigen el universo. El hombre no puede establecer principios. Lo único que puede hacer es descubrirlos.”

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De vejez , Ciencia , Universo , Falsedad

“El gobierno, en la mejor condición, es un mal necesario; y en la peor es insoportable.”

Thomas Paine

Fuente: Escandón, Rafael. Frases célebres para toda ocasión. Editorial Diana, 1982. ISBN 978-96-8131-285-5, p. 124.

Mal

“Que se cuente al mundo futuro… que en el más profundo invierno, cuando no podía sobrevivir nada más que la esperanza y la virtud… la ciudad y el campo, alarmados ante el peligro común, se apresuraron a hacerle frente.”

Thomas Paine

Fuente: Pérez de las Heras, Mónica. El secreto de Obama. LID Editorial, 2009.
Fuente: Discurso de investidura de Barak Obama, 20 de enero de 2009. http://www.beersandpolitics.com/discursos/barack-obama/discurso-de-investidura/29
Fuente: De La crisis americana.

De esperanza , Invierno , Futuro , De mundo

“Estos son los tiempos que ponen a prueba el alma de los hombres. El soldado de verano y el patriota de tiempos tranquilos se abstendrán de prestar servicios a su país; pero el que puede resistir ahora merece el amor y agradecimiento de hombres y mujeres. La tiranía, como el infierno, no es fácil de vencer; pero tenemos este consuelo: que cuanto más duro es el conflicto, tanto más glorioso es el triunfo. Lo que nos cuesta poco, lo estimamos también en poco: es sólo lo que nos cuesta lo que da a cada cosa su valor.”

Thomas Paine

Fuente: Asimov, Isaac. El nacimiento de los Estados Unidos, 1763-1816. Traductor Néstor Mínguez. Alianza Editorial, S.A., 1995. ISBN 8420699683, p. 97.
Fuente: Primer número de La crisis americana, publicado el 23 de diciembre de 1776.

País , Verano , Valor , Infierno

Thomas Paine: Frases en inglés

“Magna Charta, as it was called… was no more compelling the government to renounce a part of its assumptions. It did not create and give powers to government in the manner a constitution does; but was, as far as it went, of the nature of a re-conquest, and not of a constitution; for could the nation have totally expelled the usurpation, as France has done its despotism, it would then have had a constitution to form.”

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Thomas Paine libro Los derechos del hombre

Part Two, Chapter III
1790s, Rights of Man, Part 2 (1792)

“A constitution is the property of a nation, and not of those who exercise the government. All the constitutions of America are declared to be established on the authority of the people. In France, the word nation is used istead of the people; but in both cases, a constitution is a thing antecedent to the government, and always distinct therefrom.”

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Part Two, Chapter III
1790s, Rights of Man, Part 2 (1792)

“It lost ground from contempt more than from hatred; and was rather jeered at as an ass, than dreaded as a lion. This is the general character of aristocracy, or what are called Nobles or Nobility, or rather No-ability, in all countries.”

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Part 1.3 Rights of Man
1790s, Rights of Man, Part I (1791)

“It was not against Louis the XVIth, but against the despotic principles of the government, that the nation revolted. These principles had not their origin in him, but in the original establishment, many centuries back; and they were become too deeply rooted to be removed, and the augean stable of parasites and plunderers too abominably filthy to be cleansed, by any thing short of a complete and universal revolution.”

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Preface
1790s, Rights of Man, Part I (1791)

“The people of America had been bred up in the same prejudices against France, which at that time characterized the people of England; but experience and an acquaintance with the French Nation have most effectually shown to the American the falsehood of those prejudices; and I do not believe that a more cordial and confidential intercourse exists between any two countries than between America and France.”

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Thomas Paine libro Los derechos del hombre

Preface
1790s, Rights of Man, Part I (1791)

“It was the cause of America that made me an author. The force with which it struck my mind and the dangerous condition the country appeared to me in, by courting an impossible and an unnatural reconciliation with those who were determined to reduce her, instead of striking out into the only line that could cement and save her, A Declaration Of Independence, made it impossible for me, feeling as I did, to be silent: and if, in the course of more than seven years, I have rendered her any service, I have likewise added something to the reputation of literature, by freely and disinterestedly employing it in the great cause of mankind, and showing that there may be genius without prostitution. Independence always appeared to me practicable and probable, provided the sentiment of the country could be formed and held to the object: and there is no instance in the world, where a people so extended, and wedded to former habits of thinking, and under such a variety of circumstances, were so instantly and effectually pervaded, by a turn in politics, as in the case of independence; and who supported their opinion, undiminished, through such a succession of good and ill fortune, till they crowned it with success. But as the scenes of war are closed, and every man preparing for home and happier times, I therefore take my leave of the subject. I have most sincerely followed it from beginning to end, and through all its turns and windings: and whatever country I may hereafter be in, I shall always feel an honest pride at the part I have taken and acted, and a gratitude to nature and providence for putting it in my power to be of some use to mankind.”

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The Crisis No. XIII
1770s, The American Crisis (1776–1783)

“I HAVE never met with a man, either in England or America, who hath not confessed his opinion, that a separation between the countries, would take place one time or other: And there is no instance, in which we have shewn less judgment, than in endeavouring to describe, what we call, the ripeness or fitness of the Continent for independance. As all men allow the measure, and vary only in their opinion of the time, let us, in order to remove mistakes, take a general survey of things, and endeavour, if possible, to find out the very time. But we need not go far, the inquiry ceases at once, for, the time hath found us. The general concurrence, the glorious union of all things prove the fact. It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies; yet our present numbers are sufficient to repel the force of all the world.”

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1770s, Common Sense (1776)

“Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not YET sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favour; a long habit of not thinking a thing WRONG, gives it a superficial appearance of being RIGHT, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason.”

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A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. Explanation: Paine explained the need to speak out against a tyrannical power, notably Britain and King George III, because not doing so could be a dangerous action on its own. A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. This first part actually has two sections on its own. In the first half, Paine says it’s important to note the “wrongs” that occur when injustices are clear — not doing so gives them the “appearance of being right.” In the second half, he notes that people’s first reactions to those complaints are always to side on the side of “custom” — that is, to oppose attacks against institutions.
But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason. Explanation: Most Americans are not in favor of impeachment at this moment. It’s a reaction against a guarded institution — and citizens are going to behave in ways that make it seem they’re against the idea, by giving a “defense of custom,” as Paine put it. It should be noted, however, that the same held true for a different president — Richard Nixon. At the onset of investigations, a majority of Americans felt it was a waste of time. As they learned more about his actions as president, the public (including a significant number of Republicans) became more supportive of his ouster.
1770s, Common Sense (1776)
Fuente: Chris Walker (September 25, 2019): A Look Back At Thomas Paine, And Why Impeachment Makes ‘Common’ Sense (Even If You Think It’s A Losing Cause) [Opinion]. In: HillReporter.com. Archived https://web.archive.org/web/20190929202745/https://hillreporter.com/a-look-back-paine-and-why-impeachment-makes-sense-even-if-you-think-its-a-losing-cause-opinion-46555 from the original https://hillreporter.com/a-look-back-paine-and-why-impeachment-makes-sense-even-if-you-think-its-a-losing-cause-opinion-46555 on September 29, 2019.

“Lead, follow, or get out of the way.”

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George S. Patton: "Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way", as quoted in Pocket Patriot: Quotes from American Heroes (2005) edited by Kelly Nickell, p. 157
Misattributed

“If we take a survey of ages and of countries, we shall find the women, almost - without exception - at all times and in all places, adored and oppressed. Man, who has never neglected an opportunity of exerting his power, in paying homage to their beauty, has always availed himself of their weakness He has been at once their tyrant and their slave.”

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Disputed, Women, Adored and Oppressed (1775)

“Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself—that is my doctrine.”

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Robert Green Ingersoll: "...my religion is simply this: <i>First</i>. Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself. <i>Second</i>..." in "The Limitations of Toleration" (The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, vol. 7, pp. 217-260, quotation on p. 258).
Misattributed

“It is the duty of every patriot to protect his country from its government.”

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Edward Abbey, "A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government." as written in "A Voice Crying in the Wilderness" (Vox Clamantis en Deserto): Notes from a Secret Journal (1990), ISBN 0312064888.
Misattributed

“As to riots and tumults, let those answer for them, who, by willful misrepresentations, endeavor to excite and promote them; or who seek to stun the sense of the nation, and to lose the great cause of public good in the outrages of a misinformed mob. We take our ground on principles that require no such riotous aid. We have nothing to apprehend from the poor; for we are pleading their cause. And we fear not proud oppression, for we have truth on our side.”

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Fuente: Address And Declaration At a Select Meeting Of The Friends Of Universal Peace And Liberty https://thomaspaine.org/essays/french-revolution/address-and-declaration.html (August 20, 1791)

“We hold that the moral obligation of providing for old age, helpless infancy, and poverty, is far superior to that of supplying the invented wants of courtly extravagance, ambition and intrigue.”

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1790s

“We think it also necessary to express our astonishment that a government, desirous of being called FREE, should prefer connection with the most despotic and arbitrary powers in Europe.”

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1790s

“The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind.”

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Earliest citation to Paine appears to be in "Freedom: A Journal of Anarchist Communism Vol. XXIV" https://books.google.com/books?id=ITYfh67DKncC&pg=RA11-PA33&lpg=RA11-PA33&dq=The+trade+of+governing+has+always+been+monopolized+by+the+most+ignorant+and+the+most+rascally+individuals+of+mankind.&source=bl&ots=8DHXw2Ix1C&sig=ACfU3U3Bk_9QoyDZh_LDcoEB83cEaDWTcQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjp3I6MqOXxAhW2KVkFHfEsDb0Q6AEwBXoECBEQAw#v=onepage&q=The%20trade%20of%20governing%20has%20always%20been%20monopolized%20by%20the%20most%20ignorant%20and%20the%20most%20rascally%20individuals%20of%20mankind.&f=false. Not found in any of his works.
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“Credulity [...] is not a crime, but it becomes criminal by resisting conviction. It is strangling in the womb of the conscience the efforts it makes to ascertain truth. We should never force belief upon ourselves in any thing.”

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Thomas Paine libro The Age of Reason

1790s, The Age of Reason, Part II (1795), The New Testament

“The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again.”

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1790s, The Age of Reason, Part II (1795), The Old Testament

“I speak a language full and intelligible. I deal not in hints and intimations. [...] First, that I may be clearly understood. Secondly, that it may be seen I am in earnest; and, thirdly, because it is an affront to truth to treat falsehood with complaisance.”

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1790s, The Age of Reason, Part III (1807)