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Thomas Paine: “Besides the endless German intrigues that must follow from a German Elector being King of England, there is a natural…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
Besides the endless German intrigues that must follow from a German Elector being King of England, there is a natural impossibility of uniting in the same person the principles of Freedom and the principles of Despotism, or as it is usually called in England Arbitrary Power.
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Editor's note · Context

In "Rights of Man," Paine argues that a German Elector cannot simultaneously uphold principles of freedom in England and despotism in Hanover.

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