On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
If commerce were permitted to act to the universal extent it is capable, it would extirpate the system of war, and produce a revolution in the uncivilised state of governments.
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Thomas Paine
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Paine envisions commerce, if fully unleashed, as a force capable of eliminating war and transforming the uncivilized nature of governments.
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