On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
Where these can have the opportunity of acting, opposition dies with fear, or crumbles away by conviction.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “Where these can have the opportunity of acting, opposition dies with fear, or crumbles away by conviction.”
Editor's note · Context
Paine explains that when reason and common interest are allowed to operate, opposition to change inevitably weakens or disappears.
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