On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
Whether robbery shall be banished from courts, and wretchedness from countries?
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “Whether robbery shall be banished from courts, and wretchedness from countries?”
Editor's note · Context
From "Rights of Man," Paine asks whether corruption in power and widespread suffering can be eliminated from society.
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