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These are the times that try men’s souls.

Thomas Paine

It has been the political career of this man to begin with hypocrisy, proceed with arrogance, and finish with contempt.
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Arrogance Beginning Career Hypocrisy Politics
It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.
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Greatness Power Strength Unity
It is always to be taken for granted, that those who oppose an equality of rights never mean the exclusion should take place on themselves.
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Equality Opposition Place Right
Character is much easier kept than recovered.
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Character Easy Recovery
Every person of learning is finally his own teacher.
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Himself Learning Person Teacher
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
It is easy to see that when republican virtue fails, slavery ensues.
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Easy Politics See Slave Virtue
You cannot undermine police authority and then complain about rising crime.
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Authority Crime Police Rise Yourself
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
These are the times that try men’s souls.
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Hard Time Man Soul Struggle Time Try
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
Every proprietor owes to the community a ground-rent for the land which he holds.
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Community Himself Leadership
To take away voting is to reduce a man to slavery.
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Man Slave Vote
It is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error.
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Ability Error Illusion Man Responsibility
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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Country Goodness Happiness Independence Person Place Religion View World
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

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