On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
Toleration is not the opposite of Intolerance, but is the counterfeit of it.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “Toleration is not the opposite of Intolerance, but is the counterfeit of it.”
Editor's note · Context
In "Rights of Man," Paine critically defines toleration as a deceptive form of control rather than true liberty.
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