To take away voting is to reduce a man to slavery.
THOMAS PAINERights are not gifts from one man to another, nor from one class of men to another. It is impossible to discover any origin of rights otherwise than in the origin of man; it consequently follows that rights appertain to man in right of his existence, and must therefore be equal to every man.
More Thomas Paine Quotes
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Virtue is not hereditary.
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Christianity is the strangest religion ever set up, for it committed a murder upon Jesus in order to redeem mankind from the sin of eating an apple.
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There are two distinct classes of men – those who pay taxes and those who receive and live upon taxes.
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It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.
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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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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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Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
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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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The right of voting for representatives , is the primary right by which other rights are protected.
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All churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for power and profit.
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The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.
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For though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.
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He who dares not offend cannot be honest.
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Every person of learning is finally his own teacher.
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Those who expect to reap the blessing of freedom must undertake to support it.
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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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These are the times that try men’s souls.
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Government without a constitution, is a power without a right.
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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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Men should not petition for rights, but take them.
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What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
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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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The Bible is a book that has been read more and examined less than any book that ever existed.
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Rights are not gifts from one man to another, nor from one class of men to another. It is impossible to discover any origin of rights otherwise than in the origin of man; it consequently follows that rights appertain to man in right of his existence, and must therefore be equal to every man.
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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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