Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as those by which … - Thomas Paine

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I'm just happy that a couple folks still know my name, and that I'm still able to sell out venues when I perform live.

Thomas Paine

Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as those by which the universe is regulated and governed. Man cannot make principles; he can only discover them.

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To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

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To reason with goverments, as they have existed for ages, is to argue with brutes. It is only from the nations themselves that reforms can be expected

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A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

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The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.

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Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

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