The slavery of fear had made men afraid to think.
THOMAS PAINEEvery proprietor owes to the community a ground-rent for the land which he holds.
More Thomas Paine Quotes
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When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind, as to [profess] things he does not believe, he has prepared himself for the commission of every other crime.
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It is important that we should never lose sight of this distinction. We must not confuse the peoples with their governments.
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It is easy to see that when republican virtue fails, slavery ensues.
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Those who expect to reap the blessing of freedom must undertake to support it.
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Character is much easier kept than recovered.
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You cannot undermine police authority and then complain about rising crime.
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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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There are two distinct classes of men – those who pay taxes and those who receive and live upon taxes.
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It is the madness of folly, to expect mercy from those who have refused to do justice; and even mercy, where conquest is the object, is only a trick of war; the cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf.
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Some people can be reasoned into sense, and others must be shocked into it.
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Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion is to do good.
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The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind.
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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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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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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
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