To take away voting is to reduce a man to slavery.
THOMAS PAINEHe that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
More Thomas Paine Quotes
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Beware the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry.
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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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Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
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A nation under a well regulated government, should permit none to remain uninstructed. It is monarchical and aristocratical government only that requires ignorance for its support.
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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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It is important that we should never lose sight of this distinction. We must not confuse the peoples with their governments.
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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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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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It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.
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The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.
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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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For though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.
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Where knowledge is a duty, ignorance is a crime.
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