Reason obeys itself and ignorance does whatever is dictated to it.
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It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.Thomas Paine
Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.
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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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The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.
Thomas Paine
That there are men in all countries who get their living by war, and by keeping up the quarrels of nations, is as shocking as it is true but when those who are concerned in the government of a country, make it their study to sow discord, and cultivate prejudices between nations, it becomes the more unpardonable.
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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 -- our inferior one varies with the place.
Thomas Paine
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