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In 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.

Thomas Paine

To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.
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Administration Argument Atheist Authority Humanity Man Medicine Philosophy Reason Scripture
To take away voting is to reduce a man to slavery.
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Man Slave Vote
Character is much easier kept than recovered.
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Character Easy Recovery
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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Election Himself Man Protection Representation Right Slave Vote
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.
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Appearance Habit Right Thinking Wrong
When extraordinary power and extraordinary pay are allotted to any individual in a government, he becomes the center, round which every kind of corruption generates and forms.
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Extraordinary Generation Government Kind Pay Power
We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
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Beginning Inspirational Motivational Ourselves Power
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
The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.
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Brave Growth Man Reality Reflection Strength Trouble
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
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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Believe Evidence Myself Philosophy Yourself
The slavery of fear had made men afraid to think.
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Afraid Fear Man One Liner Slave Thinking
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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Liberty Ourselves Sound Success Tree Unity
It is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error.
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Ability Error Illusion Man Responsibility
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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Confidence Government Man Necessary Power
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

In 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.

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In 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.

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