Thomas Paine (February 9, 1737 - June 8, 1809) on Elections and Capitalism(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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“...it is dangerous and impolitic, sometimes ridiculous, and always unjust to make property the criterion of the right of voting.”
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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