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.
THOMAS PAINEOne good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.
More Thomas Paine Quotes
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He who dares not offend cannot be honest.
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Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
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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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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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The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.
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You cannot undermine police authority and then complain about rising crime.
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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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What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
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An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.
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Virtue is not hereditary.
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It is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error.
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A Constitution is not the act of a Government, but of a people constituting a government, and a government without a constitution is a power without right.
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The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.
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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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Government is best which governs least.
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