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

Thomas Paine

Some people can be reasoned into sense, and others must be shocked into it.
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People Reason Shock Surprise
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
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
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Administration Argument Death Medicine Person Reason
It has been the political career of this man to begin with hypocrisy, proceed with arrogance, and finish with contempt.
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Arrogance Beginning Career Hypocrisy Politics
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
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Angry Principle Vice Virtue
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
Character is much easier kept than recovered.
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Character Easy Recovery
The right of voting for representatives , is the primary right by which other rights are protected.
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Protection Representation Right Vote
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
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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Constitution Exercise Government Illegal Limitation Logic Natural Power Result
It is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error.
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Ability Error Illusion Man Responsibility
We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
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Beginning Inspirational Motivational Ourselves Power
When all other rights are taken away, the right of rebellion is made perfect.
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Perfection Rebel Right
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
Rights are not gifts from one man to another, nor from one class of men to another. It is impossible to discover any origin of rights otherwise than in the origin of man; it consequently follows that rights appertain to man in right of his existence, and must therefore be equal to every man.
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Discover Equality Existence Gift Impossible Man Right

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