"A man who is so exceedingly civil that for the sake of quietude and a peaceable name will silently see the community imposed upon, or their rights invaded, may, in his principles, be a good man, but cannot be stiled a useful one, neither does he come up to the full mark of his duty; for silence becomes a kind of crime when it operates as a cover or an encouragement to the guilty."
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"To the People of America", Pennsylvania Packet (January 23, 1779)
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Thomas Paine
1737 – 1809
britisch-US-amerikanischer [[Politiker]]
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