On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
His rights are circumscribed to the town, and, in some cases, to the parish of his birth; and all other parts, though in his native land, are to him as a foreign country.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “His rights are circumscribed to the town, and, in some cases, to the parish of his birth; and all other parts, though in…”
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In "Rights of Man," Paine describes how charters and corporations confine an individual's rights to their immediate locality, making other parts of their own country feel foreign.
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