On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
There is no occasion to take titles away, for they take themselves away when society concurs to ridicule them.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “There is no occasion to take titles away, for they take themselves away when society concurs to ridicule them.”
Editor's note · Context
From his work "Rights of Man," Paine argues that societal ridicule is more effective than formal abolition in dismantling the power of hereditary titles.
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