It is always to be taken for granted, that those who oppose an equality of rights never mean the exclusion should take place on themselves.
THOMAS PAINEA constitution defines and limits the powers of the government it creates. It therefore follows, as a natural and also a logical result, that the governmental exercise of any power not authorized by the constitution is an assumed power, and therefore illegal.
More Thomas Paine Quotes
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The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
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Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.
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Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.
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It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.
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It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.
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Religion is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it as I detest everything that is cruel.
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Virtue is not hereditary.
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For though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.
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Character is much easier kept than recovered.
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The right of voting for representatives , is the primary right by which other rights are protected.
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If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
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These are the times that try men’s souls.
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If those to whom power is delegated do well, they will be respected; if not, they will be despised.
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The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.
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Freedom had been hunted round the globe; reason was considered as rebellion; and the slavery of fear had made men afraid to think. But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing.
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