On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
In doing this we shall easily discover that governments must have arisen either out of the people or over the people.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “In doing this we shall easily discover that governments must have arisen either out of the people or over the people.”
Editor's note · Context
Paine presents a fundamental distinction between governments that originate from the consent of the people and those imposed upon them.
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