Some writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas … - Thomas Paine

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Thomas Paine

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 in every state a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

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