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A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

Thomas Paine

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
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
I consider the war of America against Britain as the country’s war, the public’s war, or the war of the people in their own behalf, for the security of their natural rights, and the protection of their own property.
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Country People Property Protection Security War
When it becomes necessary to do a thing, the whole heart and soul should go into the measure, or not attempt it.
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Heart Necessary Soul
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
He who dares not offend cannot be honest.
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Dare Himself Honesty Offend
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
An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.
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Army Principle Soldier
One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.
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Goodness Priest Worth
It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.
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Errors Mistake Philosophy Truth Wisdom
When all other rights are taken away, the right of rebellion is made perfect.
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Perfection Rebel Right
Government is best which governs least.
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Government Politics Rule
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
There are two distinct classes of men – those who pay taxes and those who receive and live upon taxes.
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Live Man Pay Privilege Tax
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
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

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