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Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value.

The Crisis, no. 1, 1776

Was born on: 09.02.1737
About Author: American author, inventor, intellectual, revolutionary, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States

Right of voting

The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which other rights are protected. To take away this right is to reduce a man to slavery, for slavery consists in being subject to the will of another, and he that has not a vote in the election of representatives is in this case.

Dissertation on First Principles of Government, 1795

Man that can smile in trouble

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.

The Crisis, no. 1, 1776

Guard the enemy from oppression

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.

Dissertation on First Principles of Government, 1795

Times that try men's souls

These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.

The Crisis, no. 1, 1776

Undergo the fatigue of supporting freedom

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.

The Crisis, no. 4, September 11, 1777

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