“There Is Existing In Man A Mass Of Sense…”

“…Lying In A Dormant State, And Which, Unless Something Excites It To Action, Will Descend With Him, In That Condition, To The Grave.”

THOMAS PAINE

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“For The First Great Question, And That Which Involves Every Other In It, And From Which Every Other Will Flow…”

“…Is HAPPINESS.”

THOMAS PAINE

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“Errors, Or Caprices Of The Temper, Can Be Pardoned AND Forgotten…”

“…But, A Cold, Deliberate Crime Of The Heart Is NOT To Be Washed Away.”

THOMAS PAINE

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“A Government, Or An Administration, Who Means And Acts Honestly…”

“…Has Nothing To Fear, And Consequently, Has Nothing To Conceal.”

THOMAS PAINE

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“Whatever Has A Tendency To Promote The Civil Intercourse Of Nations…”

“…By An Exchange Of Benefits, Is A Subject As Worthy Of PHILOSOPHY As Of POLITICS.

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“Rights Are Not Gifts From One Man To Another, Nor From One Class Of Men To Another…”

“…For Who Is He Who Could Be The First Giver, Or By What Principle, Or On What Authority Could He Possess The Right Of Giving?

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“When It Shall Be Said In Any Country In The World…”

“…My Poor Are Happy… Neither Ignorance Nor Distress Is To Be Found Among Them… My Jails Are Empty Of Prisoners… My Streets Of Beggars… The Aged Are Not In Want… The Taxes Are Not Oppressive… The Rational World Is My Friend, Because I Am The Friend Of Its Happiness. When These Things Can Be Said, Then May That Country Boast Its Constitution And It’s Government.”

THOMAS PAINE

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