Virtue is not hereditary.
THOMAS PAINEThose who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
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No country can be called free which is governed by an absolute power; and it matters not whether it be an absolute royal power or an absolute legislative power, as the consequences will be the same to the people.
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Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.
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An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.
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Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
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The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
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A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.
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It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.
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Where knowledge is a duty, ignorance is a crime.
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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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The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.
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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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The right of voting for representatives , is the primary right by which other rights are protected.
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Every person of learning is finally his own teacher.
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Taxes were not raised to carry on wars, but that wars were raised to carry on taxes.
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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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