“Hurt no man, and the second, Then do as you please.”
Source: Our Enemy, the State (1935), p. 36
Context: It would seem that in Paine's view the code of government should be that of the legendary King Pausole, who prescribed but two laws for his subjects, the first being, Hurt no man, and the second, Then do as you please.
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