Let a crown be placed thereon, by which the world may know, that so fa…

Thomas Paine
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Let a crown be placed thereon, by which the world may know, that so far as we approve of monarcy, that in America the law is King. For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be King; and there ought to be no other. ✨ Thomas Paine (2015). Common Sense: and The American Crisis I, p.32, Penguin
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