Common Sense Is Uncommon - The Words That Helped Ignite a Revolution
Posted by freedomforall 15 hours, 21 minutes ago to History
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“… a thirst for absolute power is the natural disease of monarchy… To the evil of monarchy we have added hereditary succession… the first is a degradation and lessening of ourselves… the second, claimed as a matter of right, is an insult and an imposition on posterity.” – Thomas Paine, Common Sense
“… a thirst for absolute power is the natural disease of monarchy… To the evil of monarchy we have added hereditary succession… the first is a degradation and lessening of ourselves… the second, claimed as a matter of right, is an insult and an imposition on posterity.” – Thomas Paine, Common Sense
