Thomas Paine (February 9, 1737 - June 8, 1809) on State and Power

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(1737 - 1809)

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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Quote #9 on Political Struggle Quotes >> State and Power

“Nothing can present to our judgment, or to our imagination, a figure of greater absurdity, than that of seeing the government of a nation fall, as it frequently does, into the hands of a lad necessarily destitute of experience, and often little better than a fool. It is an insult to every man of years, of character, and of talents, in a country.”

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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