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" 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. "
Thomas Paine
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" There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord. "
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" Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us. "
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" Character is much easier kept than recovered. "
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" 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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" There are matters in the Bible, said to be done by the express commandment of God, that are shocking to humanity and to every idea we have of moral justice. "
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" The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. "
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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. "
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" The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. "
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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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" 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. "
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" It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry. "
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" It is an affront to treat falsehood with complaisance. "
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" 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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" Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. "
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" Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. "
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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. "
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" The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason. "
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" It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe. "
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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. "
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" If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. "
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" Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as those by which the universe is regulated and governed. Man cannot make principles; he can only discover them. "
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" Is it not a species of blasphemy to call the New Testament revealed religion, when we see in it such contradictions and absurdities. "
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" Those who want to reap the benefits of this great nation must bear the fatigue of supporting it. "
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" The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection. "
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" Every religion is good that teaches man to be good; and I know of none that instructs him to be bad. "
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" Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it. "
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" An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot. "
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" It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of God, that the Bible describes. "
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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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