Quote by Thomas Paine
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men,

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. – 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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Integrity
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I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. – Thomas Paine

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Business
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It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe. – Thomas Paine

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I prefer liberty with danger to peace with slavery. – Author Unknown

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach himself. – Thomas Paine

I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom. – Simone de Beauvoir

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

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