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Quote by Thomas Paine
A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderati

A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue but moderation in principle is always a vice. – 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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Thomas Paine
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A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. – Thomas Paine

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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none. – Edmund Burke

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And thats how it is in America. We look to our communities, our faiths, our families for our joy, our support, in good times and bad. It is both how we live our lives and why we live our lives. – Mitt Romney

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To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society because he is absolutely evil amounts to saying that society is absolutely good, and no-one in his right mind will believe this today. – Albert Camus

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The best is the cheapest. – Benjamin Franklin

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Men err when they think they can be inhuman exploiters in their business life, and loving husbands and fathers at home. – Smiley Blanton

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If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you. – Calvin Coolidge

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