All hereditary government is in its nature tyranny…To inherit a government, is to inherit the people, as if they were flocks and herds.


The Rights of Man pt. 2 (1792)

Thomas Paine Quotes

All hereditary government is in its nature tyranny…To inherit a government, is to inherit the people, as if they were flocks and herds.

All hereditary government is in its nature tyranny…To inherit a government, is to inherit the people, as if they were flocks and herds.

All hereditary government is in its nature tyranny…To inherit a government, is to inherit the people, as if they were flocks and herds.

All hereditary government is in its nature tyranny…To inherit a government, is to inherit the people, as if they were flocks and herds.