On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
We must shut our eyes against reason, we must basely degrade our understanding, not to see the folly of what is called monarchy.
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Thomas Paine
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Paine asserts that acknowledging the irrationality of monarchy requires a deliberate suppression of one's own reason and intellect.
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