Those who expect to reap the blessing of freedom must undertake to support it.
THOMAS PAINEBeware the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry.
More Thomas Paine Quotes
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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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He who dares not offend cannot be honest.
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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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You cannot undermine police authority and then complain about rising crime.
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An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.
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If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
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For though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.
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Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
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The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.
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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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Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
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The slavery of fear had made men afraid to think.
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The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind.
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Government without a constitution, is a power without a right.
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