Thomas Paine: “A mixed Government is an imperfect everything, cementing and soldering…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1791

A mixed Government is an imperfect everything, cementing and soldering the discordant parts together by corruption, to act as a whole.

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Thomas Paine

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In "Rights of Man," Paine defines a mixed government as an inherently flawed system held together by corruption.

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