"Society in every state is a blessing, but 


Government, even in its best state, is but a 


necessary evil; in its worst state, an 


intolerable one."





Thomas Paine





"Reason and Ignorance, the opposites of each 


other, influence the great bulk of mankind. If 


either of these can be rendered sufficiently 


extensive in a country, the machinery of 


Government goes easily on. Reason obeys itself; 


and Ignorance submits to whatever is 


dictated to it."





Thomas Paine