On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
Whatever is my right as a man is also the right of another; and it becomes my duty to guarantee as well as to possess.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “Whatever is my right as a man is also the right of another; and it becomes my duty to guarantee as well as to possess.”
Editor's note · Context
From his work "Rights of Man," this passage explains the reciprocal nature of rights and the duty to ensure them for all individuals.
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