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

Thomas Paine

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
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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Constitution Exercise Government Illegal Limitation Logic Natural Power Result
I consider the war of America against Britain as the country’s war, the public’s war, or the war of the people in their own behalf, for the security of their natural rights, and the protection of their own property.
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Country People Property Protection Security War
Rights are not gifts from one man to another, nor from one class of men to another. It is impossible to discover any origin of rights otherwise than in the origin of man; it consequently follows that rights appertain to man in right of his existence, and must therefore be equal to every man.
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Discover Equality Existence Gift Impossible Man Right
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
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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Coal Flame Liberty Shine
Taxes were not raised to carry on wars, but that wars were raised to carry on taxes.
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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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The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.
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Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
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Best Evil Government Necessary Oneself Tolerance Worst
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
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When all other rights are taken away, the right of rebellion is made perfect.
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The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.
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It is easy to see that when republican virtue fails, slavery ensues.
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Easy Politics See Slave Virtue
Beware the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry.
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