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More Quotes by Thomas Paine
A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.
He who dares not offend cannot be honest.
You cannot undermine police authority and then complain about rising crime.
The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind.
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.
The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.
There are two distinct classes of men - those who pay taxes and those who receive and live upon taxes.
No country can be called free which is governed by an absolute power; and it matters not whether it be an absolute royal power or an absolute legislative power, as the consequences will be the same to the people.
I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.
Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.
