Government without a constitution, is a power without a right.
THOMAS PAINEThose who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
More Thomas Paine Quotes
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These are the times that try men’s souls.
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The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.
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If I do not believe as you believe, it proves that you do not believe as I believe, and that is all that it proves.
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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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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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Government is best which governs least.
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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 slavery of fear had made men afraid to think.
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The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
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When it becomes necessary to do a thing, the whole heart and soul should go into the measure, or not attempt it.
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Virtue is not hereditary.
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The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.
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If those to whom power is delegated do well, they will be respected; if not, they will be despised.
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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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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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