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Government without a constitution, is a power without a right.

Thomas Paine

It is easy to see that when republican virtue fails, slavery ensues.
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Easy Politics See Slave Virtue
Government without a constitution, is a power without a right.
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Constitution Government Power Right
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.
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Discouragement Law Mischief Order World
Beware the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry.
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Government Greedy Hands Organization
Virtue is not hereditary.
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Inheritance One Liner Virtue
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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Government Ignorance Nation Politics Support
Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
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Ignorance Obedience Reason
Practical religion consists in doing good: and the only way of serving God is that of endeavoring to make His creation happy. All preaching that has not this for its object is nonsense and hypocrisy.
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Creation God Goodness Happiness Hypocrisy Practice Service
If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
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Children Day Myself Peace Trouble
Every proprietor owes to the community a ground-rent for the land which he holds.
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Community Himself Leadership
It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.
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Errors Mistake Philosophy Truth Wisdom
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
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Angry Principle Vice Virtue
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
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
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
The slavery of fear had made men afraid to think.
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Afraid Fear Man One Liner Slave Thinking

Government without a constitution, is a power without a right.

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