On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
The despotic principles of the government were the same in both reigns, though the dispositions of the men were as remote as tyranny and benevolence.
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Thomas Paine
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Editor's note · Context
Paine argues in "Rights of Man" that the fundamental despotic principles of the French government remained constant across different reigns, regardless of the individual monarch's character.
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