To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty the…

Thomas Paine
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To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their choice, and to say they had rather be loaded with taxes than not. ✨ Thomas Paine (1995). Collected Writings, p.547, Library of America
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To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their choice, and to say they had rather be loaded with taxes than not. ✨ Thomas Paine (1995). Collected Writings, p.547, Library of America

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