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Quote by Thomas Paine
Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed an

Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as those by which the universe is regulated and governed. Man cannot make principles he can only discover them. – Thomas Paine

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Reputation is what men and women think of us character is what God and angels know of us. – Thomas Paine

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