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It is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error.

Thomas Paine

A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.
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Accountable Body Hold Man Trust
The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.
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Darkness Enlightenment Mindset
The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.
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Destruction Disguise Greatness Name Noble
The right of voting for representatives , is the primary right by which other rights are protected.
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Protection Representation Right Vote
Government is best which governs least.
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Government Politics Rule
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
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Angry Principle Vice Virtue
It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.
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Greatness Power Strength Unity
Religion is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it as I detest everything that is cruel.
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Corruption Cruelty History Human Kind Religion Service Sincere
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
It is easy to see that when republican virtue fails, slavery ensues.
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Easy Politics See Slave Virtue
The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
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Country Goodness Kind Man Religion World
When extraordinary power and extraordinary pay are allotted to any individual in a government, he becomes the center, round which every kind of corruption generates and forms.
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Extraordinary Generation Government Kind Pay Power
If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
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Children Day Myself Peace Trouble
Where knowledge is a duty, ignorance is a crime.
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Crime Ignorance Knowledge Responsibility
Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property… Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them.
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Discouragement Law Mischief Order World
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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Act Constitution Government People Power Right

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