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I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.

Thomas Paine

These are the times that try men’s souls.
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Hard Time Man Soul Struggle Time Try
Character is much easier kept than recovered.
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Character Easy Recovery
He who dares not offend cannot be honest.
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Dare Himself Honesty Offend
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
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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Deserve Man Patriot Shine Soldier Soul Stand Sun Thankful Time Try Woman
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
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Glory Hard Hard Time Inspirational Motivational Struggle Success
We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
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Beginning Inspirational Motivational Ourselves Power
The slavery of fear had made men afraid to think.
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Afraid Fear Man One Liner Slave Thinking
Those who expect to reap the blessing of freedom must undertake to support it.
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Blessing Expectation Freedom Support
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
The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which other rights are protected. To take away this right is to reduce a man to slavery, for slavery consists in being subject to the will of another, and he that has not a vote in the election of representatives is in this case.
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Election Himself Man Protection Representation Right Slave Vote
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
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
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Angry Principle Vice Virtue
When it becomes necessary to do a thing, the whole heart and soul should go into the measure, or not attempt it.
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Heart Necessary Soul
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
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

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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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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