If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
THOMAS PAINEReason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
More Thomas Paine Quotes
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For though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.
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The Bible is a book that has been read more and examined less than any book that ever existed.
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Men should not petition for rights, but take them.
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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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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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Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
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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 right of voting for representatives , is the primary right by which other rights are protected.
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It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.
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Where knowledge is a duty, ignorance is a crime.
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From the east to the west blow the trumpet to arms! Through the land let the sound of it flee; Let the far and the near all unite, with a cheer, In defense of our Liberty Tree.
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Every person of learning is finally his own teacher.
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The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.
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Character is much easier kept than recovered.
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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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