The Bible is a book that has been read more and examined less than any book that ever existed.
THOMAS PAINEIn Deism our reason and our belief become happily united. The wonderful structure of the universe, and everything we behold in the system of the creation, prove to us, far better than books can do, the existence of a God, and at the same time proclaim His attributes.
More Thomas Paine Quotes
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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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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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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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It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.
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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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A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.
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You cannot undermine police authority and then complain about rising crime.
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No country can be called free which is governed by an absolute power; and it matters not whether it be an absolute royal power or an absolute legislative power, as the consequences will be the same to the people.
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Taxes were not raised to carry on wars, but that wars were raised to carry on taxes.
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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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A nation under a well regulated government, should permit none to remain uninstructed. It is monarchical and aristocratical government only that requires ignorance for its support.
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The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which other rights are protected. To take away this right is to reduce a man to slavery, for slavery consists in being subject to the will of another, and he that has not a vote in the election of representatives is in this case.
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It is easy to see that when republican virtue fails, slavery ensues.
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Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.
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Character is much easier kept than recovered.
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