We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
THOMAS PAINEIt is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error.
More Thomas Paine Quotes
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To take away voting is to reduce a man to slavery.
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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.
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Character is much easier kept than recovered.
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Every person of learning is finally his own teacher.
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The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.
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Some people can be reasoned into sense, and others must be shocked into it.
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Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
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Beware the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry.
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Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
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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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The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.
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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.
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All churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for power and profit.
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If those to whom power is delegated do well, they will be respected; if not, they will be despised.
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Government is best which governs least.
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