To conclude this part of the subject:--One of the greatest improvements that have been made for the perpetual security and progress of constitutional liberty, is the provision which the new constitutions make for occasionally revising, altering, and amending them.
In "Rights of Man," Paine highlights the importance of constitutional revision and amendment for securing liberty.
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