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To take away voting is to reduce a man to slavery.

Thomas Paine

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.
THOMAS PAINE

Discover Equality Existence Gift Impossible Man Right
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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Act Constitution Government People Power Right
Character is much easier kept than recovered.
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Character Easy Recovery
When all other rights are taken away, the right of rebellion is made perfect.
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Perfection Rebel Right
The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
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Country Goodness Kind Man Religion World
The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind.
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Government Ignorance Kind Man Trade
Every person of learning is finally his own teacher.
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Himself Learning Person Teacher
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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Enemy Establishment Himself Liberty Oppression Reach Security Violate
Virtue is not hereditary.
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Inheritance One Liner Virtue
If I do not believe as you believe, it proves that you do not believe as I believe, and that is all that it proves.
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Believe Evidence Myself Philosophy Yourself
To take away voting is to reduce a man to slavery.
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Man Slave Vote
Christianity is the strangest religion ever set up, for it committed a murder upon Jesus in order to redeem mankind from the sin of eating an apple.
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Commitment Eat Kind Man Murder People Religion Sin Strange
The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.
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Fear Power Resistance Strength
He who dares not offend cannot be honest.
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Dare Himself Honesty Offend
Beware the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry.
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Government Greedy Hands Organization
Men should not petition for rights, but take them.
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Action Man Right

To take away voting is to reduce a man to slavery.

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