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    I Like this quote I dislike this quoteThere are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking, and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord

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    I Like this quote I dislike this quoteIf there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace

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    I Like this quote I dislike this quoteThe strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance

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    I Like this quote I dislike this quoteBelief in a cruel God makes a cruel man

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    I Like this quote I dislike this quoteOf all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst

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    I Like this quote I dislike this quoteLead, follow, or get out of the way.

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    I Like this quote I dislike this quoteA long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it the superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason.

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    I Like this quote I dislike this quoteWhen men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.

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    I Like this quote I dislike this quoteHe that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach himself.

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    I Like this quote I dislike this quoteGovernment, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

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    I Like this quote I dislike this quoteAccustom a people to believe that priests, or any other class of men who can forgive sins, and you will have sins in abundance

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