It is an assemblage of practical knowledge, which no individual can possess; and therefore the monarchical form is as much limited, in useful practice, from the incompetency of knowledge, as was the democratical form, from the multiplicity of population.
In "Rights of Man," Paine argues that no single individual can possess the practical knowledge needed to govern, limiting monarchies.
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