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" Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them. "
Thomas Paine
Keep
Property
Order
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" To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their choice, and to say they had rather be loaded with taxes than not. "
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" The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason. "
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" The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum. "
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" The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. "
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" Time makes more converts than reason. "
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" It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry. "
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" Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts. "
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Yourself
" Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law. "
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" Human nature is not of itself vicious. "
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" He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of reason rebels against tyranny has a better title to Defender of the Faith, than George the Third. "
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" The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you are abed. If you pull it upon your shoulders, your feet are left bare; if you thrust it down to your feet, your shoulders are uncovered. "
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Down
Fall
" Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one. "
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Worst
Society
" To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches. "
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Branches
Government
" Those who want to reap the benefits of this great nation must bear the fatigue of supporting it. "
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Want
Reap
" That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. "
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Too
Lightly
" War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end; it has but one thing certain, and that is to increase taxes. "
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War
Human
" 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. "
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Heart
Death
Business
" If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. "
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May
Trouble
Peace
" I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy. "
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Happy
Justice
Man
" When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon. "
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Men
Shadow
Thinking
" Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man. "
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Man
Faith
God
" I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace. "
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Trouble
Time
" Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true. "
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Be True
Child
" Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. "
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Moderation
Vice
" All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit. "
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Human
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" The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance. "
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Fear
" The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security. "
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" We have it in our power to begin the world over again. "
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World
" My country is the world, and my religion is to do good. "
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World
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" An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot. "
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Soldiers
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