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Thomas Paine
Age: 72 †
Born: 1737
Born: January 29
Died: 1809
Died: June 8
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A single legislature, on account of the superabundance of its power, and the uncontrolled rabidity of its execution, becomes as dangerous to the principles of liberty as that of a despotic monarch.
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THE WORD OF GOD IS THE CREATION WE BEHOLD: And it is in this word, which no human invention can counterfeit or alter, that God speaketh universally to man.
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Character is much easier kept than recovered.
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Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself.
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Peace, which costs nothing, is attended with infinitely more advantage than any victory with all its expence.
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The case, however, is, that the Bible will not bear examination in any part of it, which it would do if it was the Word of God. Those who most believe it are those who know least about it, and priests always take care to keep the inconsistent and contradictory parts out of sight.
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The Almighty implanted in us these inextinguishable feelings for good and wise purposes. They are the guardians of His image in our heart. They distinguish us from the herd of common animals.
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Mingling religion with politics may be disavowed and reprobated by every inhabitant of America.
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The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.
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The declaration which says that God visits the sins of the fathers upon the children is contrary to every principle of moral justice.
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The Christian religion is a parody on the worship of the sun, in which they put a man called Christ in the place of the sun, and pay him the adoration originally payed to the sun.
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And when we view a flag, which to the eye is beautiful, and to contemplate its rise and origin inspires a sensation of sublime delight, our national honor must unite with our interests to prevent injury to the one, or insult to the other.
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Where there are no distinctions there can be no superiority perfect equality affords no temptation.
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Suspicion and persecution are weeds of the same dunghill, and flourish best together.
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It has been the political career of this man to begin with hypocrisy, proceed with arrogance, and finish with contempt
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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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Government without a constitution, is a power without a right.
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The balance of power is the scale of peace. The same balance would be preserved were all the world not destitute of arms, for all would be alike but since some will not, others dare not lay them aside ... Horrid mischief would ensue were one half the world deprived of the use of them ... the weak will become prey to the strong.
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From the east to the west blow the trumpet to arms! Through the land let the sound of it flee Let the far and the near all unite, with a cheer, In defense of our Liberty Tree.
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Man did not make the earth, and though he had a natural right to occupy it, he had no right to locate as his property in perpetuity, any part of it.
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