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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.

Thomas Paine

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
Every person of learning is finally his own teacher.
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Himself Learning Person Teacher
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
The Bible is a book that has been read more and examined less than any book that ever existed.
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Book Existence Reading
In Deism our reason and our belief become happily united. The wonderful structure of the universe, and everything we behold in the system of the creation, prove to us, far better than books can do, the existence of a God, and at the same time proclaim His attributes.
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Belief Creation Existence Happiness Himself Reason Time Unity Universe Wonderful
Some people can be reasoned into sense, and others must be shocked into it.
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People Reason Shock Surprise
Reason and Ignorance, the opposites of each other, influence the great bulk of mankind. If either of these can be rendered sufficiently extensive in a country, the machinery of Government goes easily on. Reason obeys itself; and Ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
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Easy Government Greatness Ignorance Influence Kind Man Reason
It is easy to see that when republican virtue fails, slavery ensues.
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Easy Politics See Slave Virtue
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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Expectation Justice Madness Mercy Murder Trick Violence War Wolf
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
Government without a constitution, is a power without a right.
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Constitution Government Power Right
The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind.
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Government Ignorance Kind Man Trade
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
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Angry Principle Vice Virtue
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
The right of voting for representatives , is the primary right by which other rights are protected.
THOMAS PAINE

Protection Representation Right Vote
Character is much easier kept than recovered.
THOMAS PAINE

Character Easy Recovery

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