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Those who expect to reap the blessing of freedom must undertake to support it.

Thomas Paine

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
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Country Goodness Kind Man Religion World
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
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
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Blessing Expectation Freedom Man Support
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason.
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Appearance Habit Reason Time Wrong
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
The right of voting for representatives , is the primary right by which other rights are protected.
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Protection Representation Right Vote
These are the times that try men’s souls.
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Hard Time Man Soul Struggle Time Try
I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.
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Children Choice Live Myself Peace Time Trouble
Some people can be reasoned into sense, and others must be shocked into it.
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People Reason Shock Surprise
Beware the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry.
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Government Greedy Hands Organization
The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.
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Darkness Enlightenment Mindset
When all other rights are taken away, the right of rebellion is made perfect.
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Perfection Rebel 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
It is the madness of folly, to expect mercy from those who have refused to do justice; and even mercy, where conquest is the object, is only a trick of war; the cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf.
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Expectation Justice Madness Mercy Murder Trick Violence War Wolf
Every person of learning is finally his own teacher.
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Himself Learning Person Teacher
Government without a constitution, is a power without a right.
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Constitution Government Power Right
All churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for power and profit.
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Fear Human Invention Power Profit Religion
The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.
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Fear Power Resistance Strength
An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.
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Army Principle Soldier
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
A Constitution is not the act of a Government, but of a people constituting a government, and a government without a constitution is a power without right.
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Act Constitution Government People Power Right
Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
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Ignorance Obedience Reason
It is easy to see that when republican virtue fails, slavery ensues.
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Easy Politics See Slave Virtue
For though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.
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Coal Flame Liberty Shine
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
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
If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
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Children Day Myself Peace Trouble

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