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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.

Thomas Paine

It is important that we should never lose sight of this distinction. We must not confuse the peoples with their governments.
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Government Important Lose People Sight
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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Creation God Goodness Happiness Hypocrisy Practice Service
Those who expect to reap the blessing of freedom must undertake to support it.
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Blessing Expectation Freedom Support
An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.
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Army Principle Soldier
To take away voting is to reduce a man to slavery.
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Man Slave Vote
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
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Glory Hard Hard Time Inspirational Motivational Struggle Success
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
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Angry Principle Vice Virtue
The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind.
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Government Ignorance Kind Man Trade
I have always strenuously supported the right of every man to his own opinion, however different that opinion might be to mine. He who denies to another this right, makes a slave of himself to his present opinion, because he precludes himself the right of changing it.
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Change Man Myself Opinion Present Right Slave Support
The slavery of fear had made men afraid to think.
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Afraid Fear Man One Liner Slave Thinking
Government without a constitution, is a power without a right.
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Constitution Government Power Right
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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Country People Property Protection Security War
We repose an unwise confidence in any government, or in any men, when we invest them officially with too much, or an unnecessary quantity of, discretionary power.
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Confidence Government Man Necessary Power
Every person of learning is finally his own teacher.
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Himself Learning Person Teacher
The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.
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Fear Power Resistance Strength
Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
THOMAS PAINE

Ignorance Obedience Reason

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