On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
Burke must compliment all the Governments in the world, while the victims who suffer under them, whether sold into slavery, or tortured out of existence, are wholly forgotten.
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Thomas Paine
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Paine condemns Edmund Burke in "Rights of Man" for his apparent willingness to praise existing governments while ignoring the suffering of their victims, including those enslaved or tortured.
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