It has been the political career of this man to begin with hypocrisy, proceed with arrogance, and finish with contempt.
THOMAS PAINEModeration in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
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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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When all other rights are taken away, the right of rebellion is made perfect.
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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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One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.
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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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For though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.
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The Deist needs none of those tricks and shows called miracles to confirm his faith, for what can be a greater miracle than the creation itself, and his own existence?
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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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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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Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
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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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The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
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A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.
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Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.
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The right of voting for representatives , is the primary right by which other rights are protected.
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