When an objection cannot be made formidable, there is some policy in t…

Thomas Paine
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When an objection cannot be made formidable, there is some policy in trying to make it frightful; and to substitute the yell and the war-whoop, in the place of reason, argument and good order. ✨ Thomas Paine (1945). The Complete Writings of Thomas Paine
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When an objection cannot be made formidable, there is some policy in trying to make it frightful; and to substitute the yell and the war-whoop, in the place of reason, argument and good order. ✨ Thomas Paine (1945). The Complete Writings of Thomas Paine

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