On the recordJanuary 1, 1776
Suspicion and persecution are weeds of the same dunghill, and flourish together.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “Suspicion and persecution are weeds of the same dunghill, and flourish together.”
Editor's note · Context
In a discussion of societal ills, this passage metaphorically links suspicion and persecution as inherently connected.
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