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Men should not petition for rights, but take them.

Thomas Paine

Where knowledge is a duty, ignorance is a crime.
THOMAS PAINE

Crime Ignorance Knowledge Responsibility
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
It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.
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Greatness Power Strength Unity
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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Liberty Ourselves Sound Success Tree Unity
Some people can be reasoned into sense, and others must be shocked into it.
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People Reason Shock Surprise
It is always to be taken for granted, that those who oppose an equality of rights never mean the exclusion should take place on themselves.
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Equality Opposition Place Right
Those who expect to reap the blessing of freedom must undertake to support it.
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Blessing Expectation Freedom Support
To take away voting is to reduce a man to slavery.
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Man Slave Vote
There are two distinct classes of men – those who pay taxes and those who receive and live upon taxes.
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Live Man Pay Privilege Tax
The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.
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Destruction Disguise Greatness Name Noble
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.
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Appearance Habit Right Thinking Wrong
It is easy to see that when republican virtue fails, slavery ensues.
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Easy Politics See Slave Virtue
Government without a constitution, is a power without a right.
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Constitution Government Power Right
When all other rights are taken away, the right of rebellion is made perfect.
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Perfection Rebel Right
When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind, as to [profess] things he does not believe, he has prepared himself for the commission of every other crime.
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Believe Corruption Crime Himself Man Mindset Preparation Prostitution
The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
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Country Goodness Kind Man Religion World

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