We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
THOMAS PAINEThe Bible is a book that has been read more and examined less than any book that ever existed.
More Thomas Paine Quotes
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A constitution defines and limits the powers of the government it creates. It therefore follows, as a natural and also a logical result, that the governmental exercise of any power not authorized by the constitution is an assumed power, and therefore illegal.
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Government without a constitution, is a power without a right.
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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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For though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.
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The slavery of fear had made men afraid to think.
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Beware the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry.
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Virtue is not hereditary.
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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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I believe in one God, and no more; and I hope for happiness beyond this life. I believe in the equality of humans; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow creatures happy.
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Every proprietor owes to the community a ground-rent for the land which he holds.
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These are the times that try men’s souls.
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An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.
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Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
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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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One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.
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