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托马斯·潘恩 美国开国元勋之一

托马斯·潘恩(Thomas Paine),英裔美国思想家、政治活动家。美国独立战争期间,他撰写了铿锵有力并广为流传的小册子《常识》极大地鼓舞了北美民众的独立情绪,也被广泛视为美国开国元勋之一。后来受到法国大革命影响,潘恩撰写了《人的权利》,成为启蒙运动的指导作品之一。最早提出“自由民主论”的,便是这位“美国体制之父”。 美利坚合众国的国家名称也出自潘恩。

The circumstances of the world are continually changing, and the opinions of man change also; and as government is for the living, and not for the dead, it is the living only that has any right in it.
专制制度就像地狱一样,并不容易战胜,但我们可以安慰的是:斗争越艰巨,胜利将越光荣。
Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.
It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.
The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.
专制主义的力量和权力完全在于对抵抗的恐惧。