On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
Do not its own inhabitants say it is a market where every man has his price, and where corruption is common traffic at the expense of a deluded people?
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Thomas Paine
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From his work "Rights of Man," this rhetorical question criticizes the widespread corruption and venality within European governments.
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