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Quote DB :: Authors :: Thomas Paine :: View Quote View Quote "Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it." - Copy to Clipboard   --  Thomas Paine Listed in: Freedom Add Quote To Your Quote List   Rating: 4.8  Rate Quote 20 votes submitted Your Name: Friend's Email: Sponsored Links Top 5 quotes from Thomas Paine "'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." "Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one." "Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us." "When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon." "Time makes more converts than reason." Top 5 quotes from Freedom "It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, independence now and independence forever." "The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the freedom of thinking, speaking, and writing." "A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man." "If you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a small chance of survival. There may even be a worse case: you may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves." "Freedom is the recognition that no single person, no single authority or government has a monopoly on the truth, but that every individual life is infinitely precious, that every one of us put in this world has been put there for a reason and has something to offer."

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