On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
Reason and discussion, persuasion and conviction, become the weapons in the contest, and it is only when those are attempted to be suppressed that recourse is had to violence.
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Thomas Paine
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In "Rights of Man," Paine argues that reason and persuasion are the primary tools for political change, with violence only justified when these are suppressed.
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