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.
THOMAS PAINEIt is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error.
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A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.
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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.
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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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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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Some people can be reasoned into sense, and others must be shocked into it.
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If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
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Character is much easier kept than recovered.
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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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Every person of learning is finally his own teacher.
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He who dares not offend cannot be honest.
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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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The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
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The Bible is a book that has been read more and examined less than any book that ever existed.
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Government without a constitution, is a power without a right.
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Where knowledge is a duty, ignorance is a crime.
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