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Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.

Thomas Paine

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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Believe Evidence Myself Philosophy Yourself
He who dares not offend cannot be honest.
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Dare Himself Honesty Offend
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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Children Choice Live Myself Peace Time Trouble
One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.
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Goodness Priest Worth
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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Expectation Justice Madness Mercy Murder Trick Violence War Wolf
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
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Administration Argument Death Medicine Person Reason
You cannot undermine police authority and then complain about rising crime.
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Authority Crime Police Rise Yourself
The slavery of fear had made men afraid to think.
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Afraid Fear Man One Liner Slave Thinking
If those to whom power is delegated do well, they will be respected; if not, they will be despised.
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Hate Power Respect
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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Confidence Government Man Necessary Power
The Bible is a book that has been read more and examined less than any book that ever existed.
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Book Existence Reading
Some people can be reasoned into sense, and others must be shocked into it.
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People Reason Shock Surprise
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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Believe Beyond Equality God Happiness Hope Justice Life Mercy Ourselves
The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.
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Brave Growth Man Reality Reflection Strength Trouble
Where knowledge is a duty, ignorance is a crime.
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Crime Ignorance Knowledge Responsibility
It is easy to see that when republican virtue fails, slavery ensues.
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Easy Politics See Slave Virtue

Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.

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