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" 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. "

Thomas Paine

Liberty

Reach

Oppression

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Man

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Triumph

Motivational

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" One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests. "

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Than

Good

" Every religion is good that teaches man to be good; and I know of none that instructs him to be bad. "

" Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst. "

" Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man. "

" The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security. "

" It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry. "

" 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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" But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of appearing. "

" That God cannot lie, is no advantage to your argument, because it is no proof that priests can not, or that the Bible does not. "

" Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts. "

" We have it in our power to begin the world over again. "

" The Vatican is a dagger in the heart of Italy. "

" He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death. "

Thomas Paine

Who

Nation

" These are the times that try men's souls. "

" It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same. "

" What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. "

" The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum. "

" Character is much easier kept than recovered. "

" We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities. "

" Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. "

" A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. "

" 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. "