Whatever is my right as a man is also the right of another; and it bec…

Thomas Paine
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Whatever is my right as a man is also the right of another; and it becomes my duty to guarantee as well as to possess. ✨ Thomas Paine (2016). The Rights of Man, p.78, Xist Publishing
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