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To possess ourselves of a clear idea of what government is, or ought to be, we must trace it to its origin.

Thomas Paine
Government, Ideas, Clear
Thomas Paine (1791). “Rights of man: being an answer to Mr. Burke's attack on the French Revolution, etc”, p.22
To possess ourselves of a clear idea of what government is, or ought to be, we must trace it to its origin.