Thomas Paine

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"I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death."	Courage
"We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in."	Freedom
"You cannot undermine police authority and then complain about rising crime."	Fear
"It is difficult beyond description to conceive that space can have no end; but it is more difficult to conceive an end. It is difficult beyond the power of man to conceive an eternal duration of what we call time; but it is more impossible to conceive a time when there shall be no time."	Wisdom
"The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security."	Government
"What at first was plunder assumed the softer name of revenue."	God, Taxes
"If, from the more wretched parts of the old world, we look at those which are in an advanced stage of improvement, we still find the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry, and grasping the spoil of the multitude. Invention is continually exercised, to furnish new pretenses for revenues and taxation. It watches prosperity as its prey and permits none to escape without tribute."	God, Taxes
"That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly."	Miscellaneous
"That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly."	Quotations
"Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one."	Government

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