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| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| NUMBER: | 665 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Paine (1737–1809) |
| QUOTATION: | We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | THOMAS PAINE, “The Crisis,” no. 4, September 11, 1777, final paragraph.—The Writings of Thomas Paine, ed. Moncure D. Conway, vol. 1, p. 232 (1902, reprinted 1969). |
| SUBJECTS: | Freedom—defense of |
| WORKS: | Thomas Paine Collection |
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