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" Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. "
Thomas Paine
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" 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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" 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. "
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" Human nature is not of itself vicious. "
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" Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. "
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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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" Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true. "
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" An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot. "
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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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" What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. "
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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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" 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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" 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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