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Quote by Thomas Paine
To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty

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

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