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Common Sense

Thomas Paine

Form
Form Pamphlet
Year
Year 1776
Pages
Pages 50

A pamphleteer tells the American colonies that kings are absurd, that the ocean is wide, and that independence is not treason but plain sense.

Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil.
Common Sense, Thomas Paine

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