He who dares not offend cannot be honest.
THOMAS PAINEThe Bible is a book that has been read more and examined less than any book that ever existed.
More Thomas Paine Quotes
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Men should not petition for rights, but take them.
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The Deist needs none of those tricks and shows called miracles to confirm his faith, for what can be a greater miracle than the creation itself, and his own existence?
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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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When all other rights are taken away, the right of rebellion is made perfect.
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A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.
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The slavery of fear had made men afraid to think.
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Government is best which governs least.
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To take away voting is to reduce a man to slavery.
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What is it the Bible teaches us? – raping, cruelty, and murder. What is it the New Testament teaches us? – to believe that the Almighty committed debauchery with a woman engaged to be married, and the belief of this debauchery is called faith.
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These are the times that try men’s souls.
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I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.
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Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
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The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind.
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A 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.
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The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.
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