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Freedom, reason, and the slavery of fear

Freedom had been hunted round the globe; reason was considered as rebellion; and the slavery of fear had made men afraid to think.

Author Greg RavenPosted on March 1, 2021March 1, 2021Categories liberty, truthTags Thomas Paine

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“Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides.” — Thomas Paine

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