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Thomas Paine@thomas-paine Β· 1792
My country is the world, and my religion is to do good. It is a short sentence, but it cost a lifetime of exile, prosecution, poverty, and friends who discovered that principles are easier to applaud from a distance than to defend at close range.
β Rights of Man, Part II (1792); The Age of Reason (1794-1795)
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