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Christianity is the strangest religion ever set up, for it committed a murder upon Jesus in order to redeem mankind from the sin of eating an apple.

Thomas Paine

You cannot undermine police authority and then complain about rising crime.
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Authority Crime Police Rise Yourself
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
The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.
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Brave Growth Man Reality Reflection Strength Trouble
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
These are the times that try men’s souls.
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Hard Time Man Soul Struggle Time Try
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
One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.
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Goodness Priest Worth
The slavery of fear had made men afraid to think.
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Afraid Fear Man One Liner Slave Thinking
For though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.
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Coal Flame Liberty Shine
Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.
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Enemy Fight Greatness Oneself Philosophy
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.
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Easy Government Greatness Ignorance Influence Kind Man Reason
Virtue is not hereditary.
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Inheritance One Liner Virtue
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
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
It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.
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Greatness Power Strength Unity
Every proprietor owes to the community a ground-rent for the land which he holds.
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Community Himself Leadership

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