Thomas Paine: “The fraud, hypocrisy, and imposition of governments, are now beginning…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1791

The fraud, hypocrisy, and imposition of governments, are now beginning to be too well understood to promise them any long career.

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Thomas Paine

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Paine asserts that the deceptive nature of governments is becoming widely recognized, signaling an impending shift in political power.

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