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SOME writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins. Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness POSITIVELY by uniting our affections, the latter NEGATIVELY by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last a punisher. From Common Sense by Thomas Paine, one of the pamphlets written on the eve of the American Revolution. Full text by the activist, author and revolutionary (originally a corsetmaker from Norfolk): ushistory.org/paine/commonsense/singlehtml.htm
Posted on: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 08:03:27 +0000

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