The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
THOMAS PAINEPractical religion consists in doing good: and the only way of serving God is that of endeavoring to make His creation happy. All preaching that has not this for its object is nonsense and hypocrisy.
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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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In Deism our reason and our belief become happily united. The wonderful structure of the universe, and everything we behold in the system of the creation, prove to us, far better than books can do, the existence of a God, and at the same time proclaim His attributes.
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It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.
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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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Government is best which governs least.
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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.
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The right of voting for representatives , is the primary right by which other rights are protected.
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We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
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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 trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind.
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One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.
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Practical religion consists in doing good: and the only way of serving God is that of endeavoring to make His creation happy. All preaching that has not this for its object is nonsense and hypocrisy.
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It is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error.
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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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A constitution defines and limits the powers of the government it creates. It therefore follows, as a natural and also a logical result, that the governmental exercise of any power not authorized by the constitution is an assumed power, and therefore illegal.
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