The right of voting for representatives , is the primary right by which other rights are protected.
THOMAS PAINEGovernment is not a trade which any man or body of men has a right to set up and exercise for his own emolument, but is altogether a trust, in right of those by whom that trust is delegated, and by whom it is always resumable. It has of itself no rights; they are altogether duties.
More Thomas Paine Quotes
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It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.
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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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Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
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Taxes were not raised to carry on wars, but that wars were raised to carry on taxes.
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We repose an unwise confidence in any government, or in any men, when we invest them officially with too much, or an unnecessary quantity of, discretionary power.
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It has been the political career of this man to begin with hypocrisy, proceed with arrogance, and finish with contempt.
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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 the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error.
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You cannot undermine police authority and then complain about rising crime.
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Government is not a trade which any man or body of men has a right to set up and exercise for his own emolument, but is altogether a trust, in right of those by whom that trust is delegated, and by whom it is always resumable. It has of itself no rights; they are altogether duties.
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The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.
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It is the madness of folly, to expect mercy from those who have refused to do justice; and even mercy, where conquest is the object, is only a trick of war; the cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf.
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Virtue is not hereditary.
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Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion is to do good.
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To take away voting is to reduce a man to slavery.
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