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Religion is an essential part of public order. Without a belief in God we would soon loose our confidence in victory.

— Pasquale Paoli

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Every Corsican should be a soldier enlisted in the Militia, ready to defend his country: but outside these duties he ought to cultivate the land.

I am determined that the "other side of the mountains" must form part of the Corsican State, all Corsica must be free.

Letter to his father shortly before his return to Corsica (1755)

The Corsican people cannot be reconciled to despotism.

The island will only know efficient government if the vendetta can be stamped out.

Though the Altar should nourish its ministers, the tithes of those who fail to serve that Altar are the property of the poor.

Statement after the Pope deprived Corsican bishops of their sees and left them vacant (1760)

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The moment the idea is admitted into society, that property is not as sacred as the law of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.

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The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.

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