The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which other rights are protected. To take away this right is to reduce a man to slavery, for slavery consists in being subject to the will of another, and he that has not a vote in the election of representatives is in this case.
THOMAS PAINEThe World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
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Religion is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it as I detest everything that is cruel.
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All churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for power and profit.
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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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The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.
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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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Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
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A nation under a well regulated government, should permit none to remain uninstructed. It is monarchical and aristocratical government only that requires ignorance for its support.
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When extraordinary power and extraordinary pay are allotted to any individual in a government, he becomes the center, round which every kind of corruption generates and forms.
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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.
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For though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.
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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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Beware the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry.
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If I do not believe as you believe, it proves that you do not believe as I believe, and that is all that it proves.
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When all other rights are taken away, the right of rebellion is made perfect.
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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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