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More Quotes by Thomas Paine
The slavery of fear had made men afraid to think.
Government is best which governs least
These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it NOW, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.
Christianity is the strangest religion ever set up, for it committed a murder upon Jesus in order to redeem mankind from the sin of eating an apple.
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
It is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error.
The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind.
Ye that dare oppose, not only tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth!
