Thomas Paine (February 9, 1737 - June 8, 1809) on Class Warfare and The State(published by RevoltSource) |
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English-born American Political Activist, Philosopher, Political Theorist, and Revolutionary
: An English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary. He authored Common Sense (1776) and The American Crisis (1776?1783), two of the most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution, and helped inspire the Patriots in 1776 to declare independence from Great Britain, hitherto an unpopular cause. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
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“...when property is used as an instrument to take away the rights of those who may happen not to possess property, it is used to an unlawful purpose...”
Source: "Dissertations on First Principles of Government," by Thomas Paine, Paris, July, 1795.
"Dissertations on First Principles of Government," by Thomas Paine, Paris, July, 1795.
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