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Quote from Thomas Paine,


"When I contemplate the natural dignity of man; when I feel ... for the honor and happiness of its character, I become irritated at the attempt to govern mankind by force and fraud, as if they were all knaves and fools, and can scarcely avoid disgust at those who are thus imposed upon."


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Thomas Paine (more quotes by Thomas Paine or books by/about Thomas Paine)


(1737-1809) US Founding father, pamphleteer, author

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Character, Dignity, Fraud, Happiness, Honor, Nature, Force

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