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It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.

Thomas Paine

When extraordinary power and extraordinary pay are allotted to any individual in a government, he becomes the center, round which every kind of corruption generates and forms.
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Extraordinary Generation Government Kind Pay Power
Freedom had been hunted round the globe; reason was considered as rebellion; and the slavery of fear had made men afraid to think. But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing.
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Appearance Freedom Liberty Nature Reason Rebel Truth
Some people can be reasoned into sense, and others must be shocked into it.
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People Reason Shock Surprise
When it becomes necessary to do a thing, the whole heart and soul should go into the measure, or not attempt it.
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Heart Necessary Soul
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
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Government without a constitution, is a power without a right.
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Constitution Government Power Right
The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind.
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Government Ignorance Kind Man Trade
Where knowledge is a duty, ignorance is a crime.
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Crime Ignorance Knowledge Responsibility
If those to whom power is delegated do well, they will be respected; if not, they will be despised.
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Hate Power Respect
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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Those who expect to reap the blessing of freedom must undertake to support it.
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Blessing Expectation Freedom Support
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
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Blessing Expectation Freedom Man Support
If I do not believe as you believe, it proves that you do not believe as I believe, and that is all that it proves.
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Believe Evidence Myself Philosophy Yourself
He who dares not offend cannot be honest.
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Dare Himself Honesty Offend
We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
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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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It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.

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