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

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Responsibility is the price of freedom. – Elbert Hubbard

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One certain effect of war is to diminish freedom of expression. – Howard Zinn

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