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Quote by Thomas Paine
War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstan

War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end it has but one thing certain, and that is to increase taxes. – Thomas Paine

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When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon. – Thomas Paine

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Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil in its worst state, an intolerable one. – Thomas Paine

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War, famine, poverty and oppression of the workers will continue while woman makes life cheap. They will cease only when she limits her reproductivity and human life is no longer a thing to be wasted. – Margaret Sanger

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Americas veterans and troops serving abroad today fought hard to preserve our red, white and blue, from the Revolutionary War to todays Global War Against Terrorism, and Congress action today is appropriate for one of our most sacred symbols. – Bill Shuster

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I dont know why you use a fancy French word like detente when theres a good English phrase for it – cold war. – Golda Meir

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