On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
There the poor are not oppressed, the rich are not privileged.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “There the poor are not oppressed, the rich are not privileged.”
Editor's note · Context
In "Rights of Man," Paine describes America as a society where the poor are not oppressed and the rich do not receive special privileges.
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