On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
To read the history of kings, a man would be almost inclined to suppose that government consisted in stag-hunting, and that every nation paid a million a-year to a huntsman.
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Thomas Paine
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From his work "Rights of Man," Paine critiques the perceived frivolousness and expense of monarchical government.
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