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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 quoteThat government is best which governs least.

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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 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 quoteOf all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst

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    I Like this quote I dislike this quoteIt is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of God, that the Bible describes

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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 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 quoteReason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.

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    I Like this quote I dislike this quoteOf all the systems of religion that ever were invented, there is no more derogatory to the Almighty, more unedifying to man, more repugnant to reason, and more contradictory to itself than this thing called Christianity

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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 oppression;for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.

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