Those who expect to reap the blessing of freedom must undertake to support it.
THOMAS PAINEArms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property… Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them.
More Thomas Paine Quotes
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I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.
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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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A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.
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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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We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
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Some people can be reasoned into sense, and others must be shocked into it.
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Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
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Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
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When all other rights are taken away, the right of rebellion is made perfect.
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Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.
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The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
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I consider the war of America against Britain as the country’s war, the public’s war, or the war of the people in their own behalf, for the security of their natural rights, and the protection of their own property.
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The right of voting for representatives , is the primary right by which other rights are protected.
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The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
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Beware the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry.
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