Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good soc…

Thomas Paine
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Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society. ✨ Thomas Paine, John P. Kaminski (2002). Citizen Paine: Thomas Paine's Thoughts on Man, Government, Society, and Religion, p.224, Rowman & Littlefield
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