On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
There is no occasion to take titles away, for they take themselves away when society concurs to ridicule them.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThere is no occasion to take titles away, for they take themselves away when society concurs to ridicule them.
From his work "Rights of Man," Paine argues that societal ridicule is more effective than formal abolition in dismantling the power of hereditary titles.
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