Where knowledge is a duty, ignorance is a crime.
THOMAS PAINEA 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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Government is best which governs least.
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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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The right of voting for representatives , is the primary right by which other rights are protected.
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Government without a constitution, is a power without a right.
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Beware the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry.
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The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.
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Religion is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it as I detest everything that is cruel.
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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 long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.
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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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Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
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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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The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
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Virtue is not hereditary.
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Every proprietor owes to the community a ground-rent for the land which he holds.
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