Thomas Paine Quote

We repose an unwise confidence in any government, or in any men, when we invest them officially with too much, or an unnecessary quantity of, discretionary power.


The Complete Writings of Thomas Paine (ed. 1945)


We repose an unwise confidence in any government, or in any men, when we invest them officially with too much, or an unnecessary quantity of,...

We repose an unwise confidence in any government, or in any men, when we invest them officially with too much, or an unnecessary quantity of,...

We repose an unwise confidence in any government, or in any men, when we invest them officially with too much, or an unnecessary quantity of,...

We repose an unwise confidence in any government, or in any men, when we invest them officially with too much, or an unnecessary quantity of,...