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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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NUMBER:
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1072 |
AUTHOR:
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Thomas Paine (17371809) |
QUOTATION:
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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself. |
ATTRIBUTION:
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THOMAS PAINE, Dissertation on First Principles of Government, The Writings of Thomas Paine, ed. Moncure D. Conway, vol. 3, p. 277 (1895). Originally published in 1795. |
SUBJECTS:
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Liberty |
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