That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly.
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I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church.Thomas Paine
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.
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To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches.
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Of Burke As he rose like a rocket, he fell like the stick.
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When authors and critics talk of the sublime, they see not how nearly it borders on the ridiculous.
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Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true.
Thomas Paine
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