On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
This being the case, the bill of rights is more properly a bill of wrongs, and of insult.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “This being the case, the bill of rights is more properly a bill of wrongs, and of insult.”
Editor's note · Context
In "Rights of Man," Paine argues that the English Bill of Rights, given its context, functions more as a document of wrongs and insults.
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