Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
THOMAS PAINEWhat we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
More Thomas Paine Quotes
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It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.
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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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It has been the political career of this man to begin with hypocrisy, proceed with arrogance, and finish with contempt.
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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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Men should not petition for rights, but take them.
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Every person of learning is finally his own teacher.
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All churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for power and profit.
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Character is much easier kept than recovered.
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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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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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The Bible is a book that has been read more and examined less than any book that ever existed.
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A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.
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These are the times that try men’s souls.
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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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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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