On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
All the old charters are the badges of this conquest, and it is from this source that the capriciousness of election arises.
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Thomas Paine
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Editor's note · Context
Paine argues in "Rights of Man" that ancient charters, remnants of conquest, are the root cause of arbitrary electoral systems.
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