Men should not petition for rights, but take them.
THOMAS PAINEThe slavery of fear had made men afraid to think.
More Thomas Paine Quotes
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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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A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.
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The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
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The Bible is a book that has been read more and examined less than any book that ever existed.
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Government without a constitution, is a power without a right.
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A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.
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Character is much easier kept than recovered.
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What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
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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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The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
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It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.
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Those who expect to reap the blessing of freedom must undertake to support it.
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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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Some people can be reasoned into sense, and others must be shocked into it.
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From the east to the west blow the trumpet to arms! Through the land let the sound of it flee; Let the far and the near all unite, with a cheer, In defense of our Liberty Tree.
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