On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
We have heard the Rights of Man called a levelling system; but the only system to which the word levelling is truly applicable, is the hereditary monarchical system.
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Thomas Paine
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Paine counters the criticism that "Rights of Man" is a levelling system by arguing that hereditary monarchy is the true leveller, reducing all to the same authority regardless of merit.
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