I draw my idea of the form of government from a principle in nature, which no art can overturn, viz. that the more simple any thing is, the less liable it is to be disordered; and the easier repaired when disordered...


Common sense; addressed to the inhabitants of America [by T. Paine]. (ed. 1776)

Thomas Paine Quotes

I draw my idea of the form of government from a principle in nature, which no art can overturn, viz. that the more simple any thing is, the less...

I draw my idea of the form of government from a principle in nature, which no art can overturn, viz. that the more simple any thing is, the less...

I draw my idea of the form of government from a principle in nature, which no art can overturn, viz. that the more simple any thing is, the less...

I draw my idea of the form of government from a principle in nature, which no art can overturn, viz. that the more simple any thing is, the less...