Where knowledge is a duty, ignorance is a crime.
THOMAS PAINEGovernment without a constitution, is a power without a right.
More Thomas Paine Quotes
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It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.
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It is easy to see that when republican virtue fails, slavery ensues.
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To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
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A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.
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One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.
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You cannot undermine police authority and then complain about rising crime.
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The right of voting for representatives , is the primary right by which other rights are protected.
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Taxes were not raised to carry on wars, but that wars were raised to carry on taxes.
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To take away voting is to reduce a man to slavery.
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We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
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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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A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.
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These are the times that try men’s souls.
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Every proprietor owes to the community a ground-rent for the land which he holds.
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When all other rights are taken away, the right of rebellion is made perfect.
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