I have always strenuously supported the right of every man to his own opinion, however different that opinion might be to mine. He who denies to another this right, makes a slave of himself to his present opinion, because he precludes himself the right of changing it.
THOMAS PAINEMen should not petition for rights, but take them.
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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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We repose an unwise confidence in any government, or in any men, when we invest them officially with too much, or an unnecessary quantity of, discretionary power.
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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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Character is much easier kept than recovered.
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Men should not petition for rights, but take them.
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These are the times that try men’s souls.
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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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Some people can be reasoned into sense, and others must be shocked into 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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An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.
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A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason.
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It has been the political career of this man to begin with hypocrisy, proceed with arrogance, and finish with contempt.
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Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.
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Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.
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Government is best which governs least.
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