On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
A nation can have no interest in being wrong.
Said by
Thomas Paine
Source
gutenberg.orgA nation can have no interest in being wrong.
In "Rights of Man," this asserts the fundamental belief that a nation's true interest lies in correctness, not error.
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