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    I Like this quote I dislike this quoteWe can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities.

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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 quoteSuspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society

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    I Like this quote I dislike this quoteReputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

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    I Like this quote I dislike this quoteThough the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire

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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 quoteIt is an affront to treat falsehood with complaisance

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    I Like this quote I dislike this quoteThose who expect to reap the blessings of liberty must undergo the fatigues of supporting it

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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 quoteGive to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself - that is my doctrine

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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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