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.
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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We repose an unwise confidence in any government, or in any men, when we invest them officially with too much, or an unnecessary quantity of, discretionary power.
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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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A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.
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Some people can be reasoned into sense, and others must be shocked into it.
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It is easy to see that when republican virtue fails, slavery ensues.
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Men should not petition for rights, but take them.
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The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.
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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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Every person of learning is finally his own teacher.
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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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He who dares not offend cannot be honest.
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The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.
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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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Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.
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No country can be called free which is governed by an absolute power; and it matters not whether it be an absolute royal power or an absolute legislative power, as the consequences will be the same to the people.
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