Thomas Paine Quotes About 4th Of July
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We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in.
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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
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When my country, into which I had just set my foot, was set on fire about my ears, it was time to stir. It was time for every man to stir.
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The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
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Better fare hard with good men than feast it with bad.
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What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
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Character is much easier kept than recovered.
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To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
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An army of principles will penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.
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We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
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The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
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When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.
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If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
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Our citizenship in the United States is our national character. Our citizenship in any particular state is only our local distinction. By the latter we are known at home, by the former to the world. Our great title is AMERICANS.
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Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness.
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The greatest remedy for anger is delay.
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These are the times that try men's souls.
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The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.
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Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
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Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
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