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More Quotes by Thomas Paine
Government is best which governs least
When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind, as to [profess] things he does not believe, he has prepared himself for the commission of every other crime.
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!
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.
The slavery of fear had made men afraid to think.
To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.
When all other rights are taken away, the right of rebellion is made perfect.
Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.
