Thomas Paine (1737–1809) English and American political activist
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1770s, Common Sense (1776)
“Society is produced by our wants, and government by wickedness”
1770s, Common Sense (1776)
Context: Society is produced by our wants, and government by 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. Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil.
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