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“It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.”
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“I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.”
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“The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.”
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“The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.”
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“The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government”
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“Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man”
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“A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both, and deserve neither”
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“Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong”
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“It is more honorable to repair a wrong than to persist in it”
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“Every generation needs a new revolution.”
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“Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.” During interview with TomPaine.com
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