On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
But it is with revolutions as with commerce, the advantages increase by their becoming general, and double to either what each would receive alone.
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Thomas Paine
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From "Rights of Man," Paine compares the expanding benefits of revolutions to those of commerce when they become widespread.
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