I draw my idea of the form of government from a principle in nature, w…

Thomas Paine
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I draw my idea of the form of government from a principle in nature, which no art can overturn, viz. that the more simple any thing is, the less liable it is to be disordered; and the easier repaired when disordered. ✨ Thomas Paine (1995). Collected Writings, p.9, Library of America
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