On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
A mixed Government is an imperfect everything, cementing and soldering the discordant parts together by corruption, to act as a whole.
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Thomas Paine
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In "Rights of Man," Paine defines a mixed government as an inherently flawed system held together by corruption.
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