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Matthew Haddick
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Common Sense
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But where says some is the King of America? I’ll tell you Friend, he reigns above,
An anecdote lost on America today. We look to cultural and political figures for our salvation rather than God. Even Paine, not a particularly religious man, could see the obviousness of a power above government.
“I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.”
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“Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves”
― Complete Works - Volume XII
― Complete Works - Volume XII
“A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.”
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“One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.”
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“Saying 'I notice you're a nerd' is like saying, 'Hey, I notice that you'd rather be intelligent than be stupid, that you'd rather be thoughtful than be vapid, that you believe that there are things that matter more than the arrest record of Lindsay Lohan. Why is that?' In fact, it seems to me that most contemporary insults are pretty lame. Even 'lame' is kind of lame. Saying 'You're lame' is like saying 'You walk with a limp.' Yeah, whatever, so does 50 Cent, and he's done all right for himself.”
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