It is easy to see that when republican virtue fails, slavery ensues.
THOMAS PAINEReason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
More Thomas Paine Quotes
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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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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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If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
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Government without a constitution, is a power without a right.
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Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion is to do good.
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It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.
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The right of voting for representatives , is the primary right by which other rights are protected.
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The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.
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It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.
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We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
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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 all other rights are taken away, the right of rebellion is made perfect.
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Beware the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry.
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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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Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
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