On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
Measures which at other times it would censure it now approves, and acts persuasion upon itself to suffocate its judgment.
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Thomas Paine
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In "Rights of Man," Paine describes how a nation, once committed to a course, can persuade itself to approve actions it would normally condemn.
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