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Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

Thomas Paine

The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which other rights are protected. To take away this right is to reduce a man to slavery, for slavery consists in being subject to the will of another, and he that has not a vote in the election of representatives is in this case.
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Election Himself Man Protection Representation Right Slave Vote
Where knowledge is a duty, ignorance is a crime.
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Crime Ignorance Knowledge Responsibility
It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.
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Greatness Power Strength Unity
Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.
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Angel Character God Man Reputation Thinking Woman
It is easy to see that when republican virtue fails, slavery ensues.
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Easy Politics See Slave Virtue
These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it NOW, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
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Deserve Man Patriot Shine Soldier Soul Stand Sun Thankful Time Try Woman
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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Extraordinary Generation Government Kind Pay Power
What is it the Bible teaches us? – raping, cruelty, and murder. What is it the New Testament teaches us? – to believe that the Almighty committed debauchery with a woman engaged to be married, and the belief of this debauchery is called faith.
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Commitment Cruelty Faith Marriage Murder Rape Teaching Woman
Those who expect to reap the blessing of freedom must undertake to support it.
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Blessing Expectation Freedom Support
When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind, as to [profess] things he does not believe, he has prepared himself for the commission of every other crime.
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Believe Corruption Crime Himself Man Mindset Preparation Prostitution
For though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.
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Coal Flame Liberty Shine
Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.
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Enemy Fight Greatness Oneself Philosophy
Government without a constitution, is a power without a right.
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Constitution Government Power Right
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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Country Goodness Happiness Independence Person Place Religion View World
Taxes were not raised to carry on wars, but that wars were raised to carry on taxes.
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Carry Deep Tax War
Some people can be reasoned into sense, and others must be shocked into it.
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People Reason Shock Surprise

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