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Thomas Paine: “Where then is the constitution either that gives or restrains power?”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
Where then is the constitution either that gives or restrains power?
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Thomas Paine

Editor's note · Context

In "Rights of Man," Paine questions the existence of a constitution that effectively grants or limits governmental power.

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