It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.
THOMAS PAINEThe 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?
More Thomas Paine Quotes
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A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.
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We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
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You cannot undermine police authority and then complain about rising crime.
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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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Where knowledge is a duty, ignorance is a crime.
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The right of voting for representatives , is the primary right by which other rights are protected.
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From the east to the west blow the trumpet to arms! Through the land let the sound of it flee; Let the far and the near all unite, with a cheer, In defense of our Liberty Tree.
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He who dares not offend cannot be honest.
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These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it NOW, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
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Character is much easier kept than recovered.
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Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
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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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A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.
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Government is best which governs least.
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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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