Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness. Society promotes our happiness positively by uniting — Thomas Paine, Common Sense
Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness. Society promotes our happiness positively by uniting — Thomas Paine, Common Sense
Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness. Society promotes our happiness positively by uniting — Thomas Paine, Common Sense
Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness. Society promotes our happiness positively by uniting — Thomas Paine, Common Sense
Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness. Society promotes our happiness positively by uniting — Thomas Paine, Common Sense
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Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness. Society promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, government negatively by restraining our vices. Society encourages intercourse. Government creates distinctions.

— Thomas Paine, Common Sense
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