Posted on 05/17/2019 8:08:47 AM PDT by GOP Congress
Today's Quotefall Puzzle features a quote by Thomas Paine. Click image (or click here) for full size rendition, then use your browser's print command to print puzzle. Thomas Paine was an English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, revolutionary, and author of the seminal American thesis, Common Sense. All hints, along with the answer, are provided in the first reply comment below, using filtered font to prevent accidential spoilers. Please refrain from disclosing the full answer in comments to prevent spoilers. To solve the puzzle: For more detailed instructions and techniques, go here: How to solve Quotefall Puzzles.
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Word Hint 1: LIBERTY
Word Hint 2: PRIVILEGE
First 3 words: WHEN MEN YIELD
ANSWER: WHEN MEN YIELD UP THE PRIVILEGE OF THINKING, THE LAST SHADOW OF LIBERTY QUITS THE HORIZON.
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