Beware the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corne…

Thomas Paine
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Beware the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry. ✨ Rights of Man, Part 2. Book by Thomas Paine. Introduction, en.wikisource.org. 1792.
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Beware the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry. ✨ Rights of Man, Part 2. Book by Thomas Paine. Introduction, en.wikisource.org. 1792.

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