Virtue is not hereditary.
THOMAS PAINEGovernment is best which governs least.
More Thomas Paine Quotes
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If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
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To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
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The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind.
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To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.
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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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The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
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We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
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The Deist needs none of those tricks and shows called miracles to confirm his faith, for what can be a greater miracle than the creation itself, and his own existence?
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These are the times that try men’s souls.
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It is easy to see that when republican virtue fails, slavery ensues.
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Men should not petition for rights, but take them.
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Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
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Government without a constitution, is a power without a right.
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It has been the political career of this man to begin with hypocrisy, proceed with arrogance, and finish with contempt.
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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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