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"But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of appearing." -
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Top 5 quotes from Thomas Paine
"Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one."
"When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon."
"I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church."
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again."
"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
Top 5 quotes from Truth & Lies
"Truth sits upon the lips of dying men."
"I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their jobs."
"All malice has injustice at it's end, an end achieved by violence or by fraud; while both are sins that earn the hate of heaven, since fraud belongs exclusively to man, God hates it more and, therefore, far below, the fraudulent are placed and suffer most."
"Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty."
"One deceit needs many others, and so the whole house is built in the air and must soon come to the ground."
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