Thomas Paine Quote

When the tongue or the pen is let loose in a frenzy of passion, it is the man, and not the subject, that becomes exhausted.


Rights of Man... Fifth edition (ed. 1791)


When the tongue or the pen is let loose in a frenzy of passion, it is the man, and not the subject, that becomes exhausted.

When the tongue or the pen is let loose in a frenzy of passion, it is the man, and not the subject, that becomes exhausted.

When the tongue or the pen is let loose in a frenzy of passion, it is the man, and not the subject, that becomes exhausted.

When the tongue or the pen is let loose in a frenzy of passion, it is the man, and not the subject, that becomes exhausted.