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.

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The slavery of fear had made men afraid to think.

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There are two distinct classes of men - those who pay taxes and those who receive and live upon taxes.

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Ye that dare oppose, not only tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth!

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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.

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I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.

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When all other rights are taken away, the right of rebellion is made perfect.

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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.

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Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.

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You cannot undermine police authority and then complain about rising crime.

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