“What we obtain too cheaply we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated.” –Thomas Paine, The American Crisis No. 1, 1776. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.

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S. Neil Fujita, "What we obtain too cheaply we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated." --Thomas Paine, The American Crisis No. 1, 1776. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., 1952, gouache on paperboard, sheet: 21 ¹⁄₈ x 18 in. (53.8 x 45.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.96