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"In the 5 years, well over 60,000 American families have been broken apart by the absence of insurance because the only way for parents to get treatment for their children is to turn the custody of those children over to the State."
"Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires."
"Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening."
"I would much prefer to be a judge than a coal miner because of the absence of falling coal."
"The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously."
"Wilderness is not defined by the absence of certain activities, but rather by the presence of certain unique and invaluable characteristics."
"God's absence in the carnage is due to one single rather unnerving fact; that at some time past He honored our request that He leave. And if we are not brutally honest with ourselves regarding that choice, it is we ourselves who have set the stage for the next tragedy."
Explore more quotes by Thomas Paine
"War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end; it has but one thing certain, and that is to increase taxes."
"But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of appearing."
"The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security."
"Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them."
"I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. '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."
"He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself."
"Every religion is good that teaches man to be good; and I know of none that instructs him to be bad."
"I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy."
"There 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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