Quote by Thomas Paine
If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may h

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. – Thomas Paine

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He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of reason rebels against tyranny has a better title to Defender of the Faith, than George the Third. – Thomas Paine

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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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That God cannot lie, is no advantage to your argument, because it is no proof that priests can not, or that the Bible does not. – Thomas Paine

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Arafat rejected the deal because, as a dictator who had directed all his energies toward strengthening the Palestinians hatred toward Israel, Arafat could not afford to make peace. – Natan Sharansky

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We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves. – Dalai Lama

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America is a Nation with a mission – and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace – a peace founded upon the dignity and rights of every man and woman. – George W. Bush

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For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is ultimately the peaceful individual. – Irving Babbitt

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Like all valuable commodities, truth is often counterfeited. – James Cardinal Gibbons

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Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper. – Khalil Gibran

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Whoever marries the spirit of this age will find himself a widower in the next. – William Ralph Inge

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Do not fear lest you should meditate too much upon Him and speak of Him in an unworthy way, providing you are led by faith. Do not fear lest you should entertain false opinions of Him so long as they are in conformity with the notion of the infinitely perfect Being. – Nicolas Malebranche

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