A nation under a well regulated government, should permit none to remain uninstructed. It is monarchical and aristocratical government only that requires ignorance for its support.
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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Government is best which governs least.
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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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The slavery of fear had made men afraid to think.
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We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
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Government without a constitution, is a power without a right.
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Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.
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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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The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.
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Virtue is not hereditary.
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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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When all other rights are taken away, the right of rebellion is made perfect.
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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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He who dares not offend cannot be honest.
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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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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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