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Quotes › Authors › T › Thomas Paine › Government, even in its best state, is but a neces
  • Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

    Thomas Paine: Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
    Thomas Paine
    Common Sense (1776)
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