"It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry."
-Thomas Paine
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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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"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."
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"Reputation is what men and women think of us character is what God and angels know of us."
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"One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests."
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"Persecution is not an original feature in any religion but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law."
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"My country is the world, and my religion is to do good."
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