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When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.

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Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

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Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must like men undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

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Freedom had been hunted round the globe; reason was considered as rebellion; and the slavery of fear had made men afraid to think. But such is the irr...more

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These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will in this crisis shrink from the service of their country ...more

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O ye that love mankind! Ye that dare oppose, not only the tyranny, butthe tyrant, stand forth! Every spot of the old world is overrun with oppression....more

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What are the present governments of Europe, but a scene of iniquity and oppression? What is that of England? Do not its own inhabitants say, It is a m...more

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I have shown in all the foregoing parts of this work that the Bible and Testament are impositions and forgeries; and I leave the evidence I have produ...more

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What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its...more

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For though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.