On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
It was Government dethroning Government; and the old one, by attempting to make a new one, made a chasm.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “It was Government dethroning Government; and the old one, by attempting to make a new one, made a chasm.”
Editor's note · Context
Paine vividly describes the internal conflict within a government attempting to reform itself, leading to its own undoing.
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