Freedom had been hunted round the globe; reason was considered as rebe…

Thomas Paine
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Freedom had been hunted round the globe; reason was considered as rebellion; and the slavery of fear had made men afraid to think. But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing. ✨ Thomas Paine, Bruce Kuklick (2000). Paine: Political Writings, p.162, Cambridge University Press
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