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The quote says that truth does not need to be forced or protected by lies. If it is allowed to appear openly, it can stand on its own. The idea is that truth depends only on the freedom to be seen.
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About Thomas Paine
English-born American political thinker, inventor, and statesman
Thomas Paine was an English-born American political thinker, inventor, and statesman of the 18th century. He helped shape the American Revolution and is best known for the pamphlets Common Sense and The American Crisis. Those writings were among the most influential texts at the start of the Revolution, and they helped encourage colonial patriots to declare independence from Great Britain in 1776. His ideas were rooted in Enlightenment ideals of human rights, which run through his political writing.
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