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Thomas Paine

But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of appearing.

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Truth has a powerful force that cannot be stopped or hidden when given the freedom to be seen. It does not demand anything complicated, only the chance to be openly expressed and recognized.

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And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

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I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.
All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.
And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.