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American Revolutionary Period5 quotes
If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. — Thomas Paine · 1776We have it in our power to begin the world over again. — Thomas Paine · 1776Monarchy and succession have laid... The world in blood and ashes. — Thomas Paine · 1776Wisdom is not the purchase of a day. — Thomas Paine · 1776Freedom hath been hunted round the globe. Asia and Africa have long expelled her. Europe regards her like a stranger, and England hath given her warning to depart. O! receive the fugitive, and prepare in time an asylum for mankind. — Thomas Paine · 1776Age of Enlightenment1 quote
O, we all acknowledge our faults, now; 'its the mode of the day: but the acknowledgement passes for current payment; and therefore we never amend them. — Frances Burney · 1796The Renaissance1 quote
The house of everyone is to him as his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence, as for his repose — Edward Coke · 1603