Quote by Thomas Paine
I believe in the equality of man and I believe that religious duti

I believe in the equality of man and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy. – Thomas Paine

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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

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Religion
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To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their choice, and to say they had rather be loaded with taxes than not. – Thomas Paine

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Freedom
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He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of reason rebels against tyranny has a better title to Defender of the Faith, than George the Third. – Thomas Paine

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The advocates of abortion on demand falsely assume two things: that women must suffer if the lives of unborn children are legally protected and that women can only attain equality by having the legal option of destroying their innocent offspring in the womb. – Robert Casey

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Equality

The media says that equality for women has arrived, but if you look around, you still dont see girls playing guitars and having success with it. – Joan Jett

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Equality

Theres a remarkable amount of sexism on TV. When male characters are flawed, theyre interesting, deep and complex. But when female characters are flawed, theyre just a mess. Its good to put more flawed but interesting female characters out there because it promotes equality. – Ellen Pompeo

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Equality

Now they have come to the place where their faith can no longer feed on the bread of repression and violence. They ask for the bread of liberty, of public equality, and public responsibility. It must not be denied them. – Mordecai Wyatt Johnson

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The nice thing about egotists is that they dont talk about other people. – Lucille S. Harper

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The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce, and the diffusion of education, than upon the labors of cabinets and foreign offices. – Richard Cobden

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I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors, nature is company enough for me. – William Hazlitt (1778–1830)

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No one who has lived even for a fleeting moment for something other than life in its conventional sense and has experienced the exaltation that this feeling produces can then renounce his new freedom so easily. – Andre Breton

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