Arms 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.
THOMAS PAINEThe harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
More Thomas Paine Quotes
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The slavery of fear had made men afraid to think.
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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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These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it NOW, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
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Character is much easier kept than recovered.
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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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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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To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
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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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Every person of learning is finally his own teacher.
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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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If those to whom power is delegated do well, they will be respected; if not, they will be despised.
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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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A Constitution is not the act of a Government, but of a people constituting a government, and a government without a constitution is a power without right.
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Some people can be reasoned into sense, and others must be shocked into it.
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It is always to be taken for granted, that those who oppose an equality of rights never mean the exclusion should take place on themselves.
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