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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.

Thomas Paine

I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.
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Children Choice Live Myself Peace Time Trouble
If those to whom power is delegated do well, they will be respected; if not, they will be despised.
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Hate Power Respect
When all other rights are taken away, the right of rebellion is made perfect.
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Perfection Rebel Right
To take away voting is to reduce a man to slavery.
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Man Slave Vote
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
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Angry Principle Vice Virtue
We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
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Beginning Inspirational Motivational Ourselves Power
The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.
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Darkness Enlightenment Mindset
The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind.
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Government Ignorance Kind Man Trade
An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.
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Army Principle Soldier
Freedom had been hunted round the globe; reason was considered as rebellion; and the slavery of fear had made men afraid to think. But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing.
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Appearance Freedom Liberty Nature Reason Rebel Truth
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason.
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Appearance Habit Reason Time Wrong
Character is much easier kept than recovered.
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Character Easy Recovery
One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.
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Goodness Priest Worth
A constitution defines and limits the powers of the government it creates. It therefore follows, as a natural and also a logical result, that the governmental exercise of any power not authorized by the constitution is an assumed power, and therefore illegal.
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Constitution Exercise Government Illegal Limitation Logic Natural Power Result
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
Taxes were not raised to carry on wars, but that wars were raised to carry on taxes.
THOMAS PAINE

Carry Deep Tax War

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