But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of appearing.
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Is it not a species of blasphemy to call the New Testament revealed religion, when we see in it such contradictions and absurdities.Thomas Paine
The obscene and vulgar stories in the Bible are as repugnant to our ideas of the purity of a Divine Being, as the horrid cruelties and murders it ascribes to Him are repugnant to our ideas of His justice
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It has been the political career of this man to begin with hypocrisy, proceed with arrogance, and finish with contempt.
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Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them.
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It is the object only of war that makes it honorable. And if there was ever a just war since the world began, it is this in which America is now engages.
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Everything that is right or natural pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, 'Tis time to part.
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