On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
There are two classes of people to whom the laws of England are particularly hostile, and those the most helpless; younger children, and the poor.
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Thomas Paine
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Paine identifies younger children and the poor as two particularly helpless groups against whom the laws of England are especially hostile.
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