Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
THOMAS PAINEGovernment is not a trade which any man or body of men has a right to set up and exercise for his own emolument, but is altogether a trust, in right of those by whom that trust is delegated, and by whom it is always resumable. It has of itself no rights; they are altogether duties.
More Thomas Paine Quotes
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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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A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.
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Every person of learning is finally his own teacher.
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A Constitution is not the act of a Government, but of a people constituting a government, and a government without a constitution is a power without right.
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Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.
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The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.
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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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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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A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.
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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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The slavery of fear had made men afraid to think.
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There are two distinct classes of men – those who pay taxes and those who receive and live upon taxes.
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It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.
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The right of voting for representatives , is the primary right by which other rights are protected.
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