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Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.

Thomas Paine

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.
THOMAS PAINE

Believe Evidence Myself Philosophy Yourself
One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.
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Goodness Priest Worth
Those who expect to reap the blessing of freedom must undertake to support it.
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Blessing Expectation Freedom Support
In Deism our reason and our belief become happily united. The wonderful structure of the universe, and everything we behold in the system of the creation, prove to us, far better than books can do, the existence of a God, and at the same time proclaim His attributes.
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Belief Creation Existence Happiness Himself Reason Time Unity Universe Wonderful
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
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
These are the times that try men’s souls.
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Hard Time Man Soul Struggle Time Try
The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.
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Fear Power Resistance Strength
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.
THOMAS PAINE

Fear Human Invention Power Profit Religion
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
Reason and Ignorance, the opposites of each other, influence the great bulk of mankind. If either of these can be rendered sufficiently extensive in a country, the machinery of Government goes easily on. Reason obeys itself; and Ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
THOMAS PAINE

Easy Government Greatness Ignorance Influence Kind Man Reason
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.
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Appearance Habit Right Thinking Wrong
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
Virtue is not hereditary.
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Inheritance One Liner Virtue
We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
THOMAS PAINE

Beginning Inspirational Motivational Ourselves Power
Every proprietor owes to the community a ground-rent for the land which he holds.
THOMAS PAINE

Community Himself Leadership

Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.

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