Quote by Thomas Paine
Those who want to reap the benefits of this great nation must bear

Those who want to reap the benefits of this great nation must bear the fatigue of supporting it. – 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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Every man of action has a strong dose of egoism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be regarded as high qualities if he can make them the means to achieve great ends. – Giorgos Seferis

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I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism. What I hate is agnosticism, people who do not choose. – Orson Welles

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