On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
Everything in the English government appears to me the reverse of what it ought to be, and of what it is said to be.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “Everything in the English government appears to me the reverse of what it ought to be, and of what it is said to be.”
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From his critique of the English system, Paine asserts its fundamental flaws and hypocrisy.
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