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More Quotes by Thomas Paine
The slavery of fear had made men afraid to think.
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.
The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.
It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.
You cannot undermine police authority and then complain about rising crime.
He who dares not offend cannot be honest.
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.
The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind.
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
It is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error.