One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.
THOMAS PAINEThose who expect to reap the blessing of freedom must undertake to support it.
More Thomas Paine Quotes
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Government is not a trade which any man or body of men has a right to set up and exercise for his own emolument, but is altogether a trust, in right of those by whom that trust is delegated, and by whom it is always resumable. It has of itself no rights; they are altogether duties.
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The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
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Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
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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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The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.
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Where knowledge is a duty, ignorance is a crime.
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Government without a constitution, is a power without a right.
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Character is much easier kept than recovered.
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The Deist needs none of those tricks and shows called miracles to confirm his faith, for what can be a greater miracle than the creation itself, and his own existence?
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What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
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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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It is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error.
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Government is best which governs least.
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It is easy to see that when republican virtue fails, slavery ensues.
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An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.
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