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Men should not petition for rights, but take them.

Thomas Paine

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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Creation Existence Faith Greatness Miracle Need Trick
If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
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Children Day Myself Peace Trouble
Practical religion consists in doing good: and the only way of serving God is that of endeavoring to make His creation happy. All preaching that has not this for its object is nonsense and hypocrisy.
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Creation God Goodness Happiness Hypocrisy Practice Service
We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
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Beginning Inspirational Motivational Ourselves Power
Men should not petition for rights, but take them.
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Action Man Right
To take away voting is to reduce a man to slavery.
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Man Slave Vote
It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.
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Greatness Power Strength Unity
The Bible is a book that has been read more and examined less than any book that ever existed.
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Book Existence Reading
An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.
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Army Principle Soldier
Beware the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry.
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Government Greedy Hands Organization
When all other rights are taken away, the right of rebellion is made perfect.
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Perfection Rebel Right
For though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.
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Coal Flame Liberty Shine
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
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Administration Argument Death Medicine Person Reason
Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
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Ignorance Obedience Reason
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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Constitution Exercise Government Illegal Limitation Logic Natural Power Result
The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.
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Brave Growth Man Reality Reflection Strength Trouble

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