Society is produced by our wants, and government by wickedness; the fo…

Thomas Paine
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Society is produced by our wants, and government by wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last a punisher. ✨ Thomas Paine (2015). Common Sense: and The American Crisis I, p.15, Penguin
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