The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
THOMAS PAINEIt is the madness of folly, to expect mercy from those who have refused to do justice; and even mercy, where conquest is the object, is only a trick of war; the cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf.
More Thomas Paine Quotes
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One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.
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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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Those who expect to reap the blessing of freedom must undertake to support it.
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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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If those to whom power is delegated do well, they will be respected; if not, they will be despised.
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The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.
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It is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error.
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Men should not petition for rights, but take them.
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It is important that we should never lose sight of this distinction. We must not confuse the peoples with their governments.
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Character is much easier kept than recovered.
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These are the times that try men’s souls.
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Government without a constitution, is a power without a right.
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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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To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
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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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A nation under a well regulated government, should permit none to remain uninstructed. It is monarchical and aristocratical government only that requires ignorance for its support.
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Every person of learning is finally his own teacher.
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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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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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He who dares not offend cannot be honest.
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It is easy to see that when republican virtue fails, slavery ensues.
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We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
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Government is best which governs least.
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What is it the Bible teaches us? – raping, cruelty, and murder. What is it the New Testament teaches us? – to believe that the Almighty committed debauchery with a woman engaged to be married, and the belief of this debauchery is called faith.
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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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