On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
No wonder, then, that a machine of government so advantageous to the advocates of a court, should be so triumphantly extolled!
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Thomas Paine
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Editor's note · Context
In "Rights of Man," Paine observes that a governmental system beneficial to court advocates is naturally extolled by them.
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