托馬斯·潘恩
美國開國元勛之一
世界的情況在不斷變化，人的觀念也在變化。 政府是為了生者，而不是為死者，只有生者擁有任何權利。
The circumstances of the world are continually changing, and the opinions of man change also; and as government is for the living, and not for the dead, it is the living only that has any right in it.
專制制度就像地獄一樣，并不容易戰(zhàn)勝，但我們可以安慰的是：斗爭越艱巨，勝利將越光榮。
Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.
It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.
The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.
The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.
專制主義的力量和權力完全在于對抵抗的恐懼。
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