Taxes were not raised to carry on wars, but that wars were raised to carry on taxes.
THOMAS PAINEOur greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.
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A Constitution is not the act of a Government, but of a people constituting a government, and a government without a constitution is a power without right.
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We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
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Those who expect to reap the blessing of freedom must undertake to support it.
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These are the times that try men’s souls.
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The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.
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It is easy to see that when republican virtue fails, slavery ensues.
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There are two distinct classes of men – those who pay taxes and those who receive and live upon taxes.
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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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Some people can be reasoned into sense, and others must be shocked into it.
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Virtue is not hereditary.
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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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What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
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The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.
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The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
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The slavery of fear had made men afraid to think.
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