On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
Their taxes are few, because their government is just: and as there is nothing to render them wretched, there is nothing to engender riots and tumults.
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Thomas Paine
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In "Rights of Man," Paine attributes America's low taxes and absence of social unrest to its just government, which prevents widespread misery.
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