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Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

Thomas Paine

Christianity is the strangest religion ever set up, for it committed a murder upon Jesus in order to redeem mankind from the sin of eating an apple.
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Commitment Eat Kind Man Murder People Religion Sin Strange
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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Equality Opposition Place Right
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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Belief Creation Existence Happiness Himself Reason Time Unity Universe Wonderful
It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.
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Greatness Power Strength Unity
Government is not a trade which any man or body of men has a right to set up and exercise for his own emolument, but is altogether a trust, in right of those by whom that trust is delegated, and by whom it is always resumable. It has of itself no rights; they are altogether duties.
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Body Government Man Right Togetherness Trust
One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.
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Goodness Priest Worth
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
Taxes were not raised to carry on wars, but that wars were raised to carry on taxes.
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Carry Deep Tax War
It has been the political career of this man to begin with hypocrisy, proceed with arrogance, and finish with contempt.
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Arrogance Beginning Career Hypocrisy Politics
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
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Blessing Expectation Freedom Man Support
The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
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Country Goodness Kind Man Religion World
The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.
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Darkness Enlightenment Mindset
Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
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Ignorance Obedience Reason
To take away voting is to reduce a man to slavery.
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Man Slave Vote
The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.
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Fear Power Resistance Strength
Reason and Ignorance, the opposites of each other, influence the great bulk of mankind. If either of these can be rendered sufficiently extensive in a country, the machinery of Government goes easily on. Reason obeys itself; and Ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
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Easy Government Greatness Ignorance Influence Kind Man Reason

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