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.
More Thomas Paine Quotes
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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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Government is best which governs least.
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Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
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From the east to the west blow the trumpet to arms! Through the land let the sound of it flee; Let the far and the near all unite, with a cheer, In defense of our Liberty Tree.
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If I do not believe as you believe, it proves that you do not believe as I believe, and that is all that it proves.
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I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.
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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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The Bible is a book that has been read more and examined less than any book that ever existed.
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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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The slavery of fear had made men afraid to think.
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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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The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.
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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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Every person of learning is finally his own teacher.
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An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.
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