On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
What is it, but a bargain, which the parts of the government made with each other to divide powers, profits, and privileges?
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Thomas Paine
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From his work "Rights of Man," Paine critiques the nature of government as a self-interested agreement among its parts.
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