To take away voting is to reduce a man to slavery.
THOMAS PAINESome people can be reasoned into sense, and others must be shocked into it.
More Thomas Paine Quotes
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Taxes were not raised to carry on wars, but that wars were raised to carry on taxes.
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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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It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.
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If those to whom power is delegated do well, they will be respected; if not, they will be despised.
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When all other rights are taken away, the right of rebellion is made perfect.
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There are two distinct classes of men – those who pay taxes and those who receive and live upon taxes.
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Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
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The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
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Those who expect to reap the blessing of freedom must undertake to support it.
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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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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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It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.
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The right of voting for representatives , is the primary right by which other rights are protected.
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If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
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To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
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