On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
If the present generation, or any other, are disposed to be slaves, it does not lessen the right of the succeeding generation to be free.
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Thomas Paine
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Editor's note · Context
In "Rights of Man," Paine asserts that the choice of one generation to be enslaved does not diminish the inherent right of future generations to freedom.
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