#cons

It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#believing #consist #consists #does #faithful

It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#battle #cause #consequences #defeat #defending

The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#despotism #fear #power #resistance #strength

'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#approves #business #conduct #conscience #death

It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#direction #into #magnitude #taken #which

Since change is constant, you wonder if people crave death because it's the only way they can get anything really finished. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#because #change #constant #crave #death

Maybe it's our sins that give God consolation when he finally has to give us cancer. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#consolation #finally #give #god #maybe

We say keep your change, we'll keep our God, our guns, our constitution. ↗

— Sarah Palin

#constitution #god #guns #keep #our

People have a constitutional right to burn a Koran if they want to, but doing so is insensitive and an unnecessary provocation - much like building a mosque at Ground Zero. ↗

— Sarah Palin

#burn #constitutional #constitutional right #doing #ground

The road to success is always under construction. ↗

— Arnold Palmer

#construction #road #success #success is #under