The danger to which the success of revolutions is most exposed, is tha…

Thomas Paine
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The danger to which the success of revolutions is most exposed, is that of attempting them before the principles on which they proceed, and the advantages to result from them, are sufficiently seen and understood. ✨ Thomas Paine (2012). Rights of Man. Part the Second. Combining Principle and Practice, p.5, Cambridge University Press
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