The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A g…

Thomas Paine
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The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security. ✨ Thomas Paine (1848). Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution, p.86
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