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For though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.

Thomas Paine

An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.
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Army Principle Soldier
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
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Enemy Establishment Himself Liberty Oppression Reach Security Violate
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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Commitment Cruelty Faith Marriage Murder Rape Teaching Woman
We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
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Beginning Inspirational Motivational Ourselves Power
These are the times that try men’s souls.
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Hard Time Man Soul Struggle Time Try
When all other rights are taken away, the right of rebellion is made perfect.
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Perfection Rebel Right
The Bible is a book that has been read more and examined less than any book that ever existed.
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Book Existence Reading
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
He who dares not offend cannot be honest.
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Dare Himself Honesty Offend
Those who expect to reap the blessing of freedom must undertake to support it.
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Blessing Expectation Freedom Support
Practical religion consists in doing good: and the only way of serving God is that of endeavoring to make His creation happy. All preaching that has not this for its object is nonsense and hypocrisy.
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Creation God Goodness Happiness Hypocrisy Practice Service
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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Discover Equality Existence Gift Impossible Man Right
It is important that we should never lose sight of this distinction. We must not confuse the peoples with their governments.
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Government Important Lose People Sight
You cannot undermine police authority and then complain about rising crime.
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Authority Crime Police Rise Yourself
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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Creation Existence Faith Greatness Miracle Need Trick
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

For though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.

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