On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
Burke asserts, are not founded on the Rights of Man, and are founded on any rights at all, they consequently must be founded on the right of something that is not man.
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Thomas Paine
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In "Rights of Man," Paine argues that if Burke's assertions are not based on the Rights of Man, they must logically be founded on the rights of something other than humanity.
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