On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
What is government more than the management of the affairs of a Nation?
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “What is government more than the management of the affairs of a Nation?”
Editor's note · Context
From "Rights of Man," Paine offers a concise, functional definition of government as simply the administration of a nation's affairs.
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