The slavery of fear had made men afraid to think.
THOMAS PAINEI prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.
More Thomas Paine Quotes
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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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When all other rights are taken away, the right of rebellion is made perfect.
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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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Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.
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We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
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Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
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The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.
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Beware the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry.
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Every person of learning is finally his own teacher.
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Freedom had been hunted round the globe; reason was considered as rebellion; and the slavery of fear had made men afraid to think. But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing.
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It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.
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Men should not petition for rights, but take them.
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Where knowledge is a duty, ignorance is a crime.
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What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
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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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