Thomas Paine Quote - Liberty Quotes Blog

"Time makes more converts than reason."

by:	Thomas Paine (1737-1809) US Founding father, pamphleteer, author
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Categories:	Faith, History, Reason, Religion
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Let us not imply that this means that given enough time, all will turn out for the best whether we do the right thing or not. I understand it to mean that time-honored customs often lead the unquestioning masses in unreasonable directions. -- E Archer, NYC 2 2
E Archer, I think you nailed it. -- jim k, Austin 1 2
Archer, excellent. If you get beat-up long enough with no actual fault, no matter the reasoning, soon, conversion to another outcome is sought. -- Mike, Norwalk 2 2
Time, our lifetime companion, is no more a matter of passing hours, days, years, but a moment, and each moment is time to change. The making of our Universe, short of a millisecond, would change all that; so time is not important - what is important is the moment and what we do it. I'll give it five for it's other meaning. -- RBESRQ 2 2
I think that my good friend Thomas is trying to acquire the simple fact that if a ritual is done for quite some time then people are used to it and do not want to rebel. BUT THE DAY WILL COME. -- Jenna Tolls, D.C. 1
yall mad nerds -- mommy, town
Paine is referring to time in the aging of process. As a youth we only have "reason" to work through the issues of life. As we age, time gives us experience, which translates even unknowingly into wisdom. -- Old Guy, tiburon