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An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.

Thomas Paine

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
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Children Day Myself Peace Trouble
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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Extraordinary Generation Government Kind Pay Power
There are two distinct classes of men – those who pay taxes and those who receive and live upon taxes.
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Live Man Pay Privilege Tax
It is easy to see that when republican virtue fails, slavery ensues.
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Easy Politics See Slave Virtue
A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.
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Accountable Body Hold Man Trust
What is it the Bible teaches us? – raping, cruelty, and murder. What is it the New Testament teaches us? – to believe that the Almighty committed debauchery with a woman engaged to be married, and the belief of this debauchery is called faith.
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Commitment Cruelty Faith Marriage Murder Rape Teaching Woman
Some people can be reasoned into sense, and others must be shocked into it.
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People Reason Shock Surprise
He who dares not offend cannot be honest.
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Dare Himself Honesty Offend
Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property… Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them.
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Discouragement Law Mischief Order World
Character is much easier kept than recovered.
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Character Easy Recovery
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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Government Ignorance Nation Politics Support
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
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Glory Hard Hard Time Inspirational Motivational Struggle Success
The right of voting for representatives , is the primary right by which other rights are protected.
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Protection Representation Right Vote
For though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.
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Coal Flame Liberty Shine
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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Fear Human Invention Power Profit Religion
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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Creation Existence Faith Greatness Miracle Need Trick

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