One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.
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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To take away voting is to reduce a man to slavery.
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In Deism our reason and our belief become happily united. The wonderful structure of the universe, and everything we behold in the system of the creation, prove to us, far better than books can do, the existence of a God, and at the same time proclaim His attributes.
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A constitution defines and limits the powers of the government it creates. It therefore follows, as a natural and also a logical result, that the governmental exercise of any power not authorized by the constitution is an assumed power, and therefore illegal.
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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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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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The Bible is a book that has been read more and examined less than any book that ever existed.
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Where knowledge is a duty, ignorance is a crime.
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Beware the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry.
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When all other rights are taken away, the right of rebellion is made perfect.
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Some people can be reasoned into sense, and others must be shocked into it.
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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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To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.
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A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.
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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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I believe in one God, and no more; and I hope for happiness beyond this life. I believe in the equality of humans; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow creatures happy.
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