To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be…

Thomas Paine
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To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches. ✨ Thomas Paine (1791). Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution, p.160
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To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches. ✨ Thomas Paine (1791). Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution, p.160

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