Virtue is not hereditary.
THOMAS PAINEGovernment is best which governs least.
More Thomas Paine Quotes
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It is always to be taken for granted, that those who oppose an equality of rights never mean the exclusion should take place on themselves.
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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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To take away voting is to reduce a man to slavery.
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A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.
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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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It is important that we should never lose sight of this distinction. We must not confuse the peoples with their governments.
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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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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
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No country can be called free which is governed by an absolute power; and it matters not whether it be an absolute royal power or an absolute legislative power, as the consequences will be the same to the people.
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The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
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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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If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
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Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
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Beware the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry.
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These are the times that try men’s souls.
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