On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
The parties were always of the class of courtiers; and whatever was their rage for reformation, they carefully preserved the fraud of the profession.
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Thomas Paine
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In "Rights of Man," Paine critiques the historical pattern of political parties, which he saw as perpetuating the deceptions of power.
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