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When the tongue or the pen is let loose in a frenzy of passion, it is the man, and not the subject, that becomes exhausted. - Thomas Paine
" "When the tongue or the pen is let loose in a frenzy of passion, it is the man, and not the subject, that becomes exhausted.
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Thomas Paine (February 9, 1737 [O.S. January 29, 1736] – 8 June 1809) was a British-American political writer, theorist, and activist who had a great influence on the thoughts and ideas which led to the American Revolution and the United States Declaration of Independence. He wrote three of the most influential and controversial works of the 18th Century: Common Sense, Rights of Man, and The Age of Reason. His ideas reflected Enlightenment-era ideals of transnational human rights.
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