| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 1072 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Paine (1737–1809) |
| QUOTATION: | He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | THOMAS PAINE, “Dissertation on First Principles of Government,” The Writings of Thomas Paine, ed. Moncure D. Conway, vol. 3, p. 277 (1895). Originally published in 1795. |
| SUBJECTS: | Liberty |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia | | WORKS: | Thomas Paine Collection | | |
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