Quote by Thomas Paine
The final event to himself has been, that as he rose like a rocket

The final event to himself has been, that as he rose like a rocket, he fell like the stick. – Thomas Paine

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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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Equality
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The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance. – Thomas Paine

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Fear
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All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit. – Thomas Paine

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Sudden glory is the passion which makes those grimaces called laughter. – Thomas Hobbes

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No statement about God is simply, literally true. God is far more than can be measured, described, defined in ordinary language, or pinned down to any particular happening. – David Jenkins

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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her. – Charles De Gaulle

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Glory

We are Divine enough to ask and we are important enough to receive. – Wayne Dyer

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American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it. – James A. Baldwin

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After the Berlin Wall came down I visited that city and I will never forget it. The abandoned checkpoints. The sense of excitement about the future. The knowledge that a great continent was coming together. Healing those wounds of our history is the central story of the European Union. – David Cameron

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Famous people come up to me, but I dont know who they are because my sight is so bad. Its always at the pool of the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills when I dont have my lenses in and my glasses are in my room. – Helena Bonham Carter

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I am an actor and I live in the world of pretend in my working capacity. I live in the world of my imagination. – Derek Jacobi

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