Thomas Paine Quote

Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself in all cases as the ages and generations which preceded it. The vanity of governing beyond the grave is the most ridiculous and insolent of all tyrannies.

The Rights of Man (1791)

Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself in all cases as the ages and generations which preceded it. The vanity of governing beyond ...

Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself in all cases as the ages and generations which preceded it. The vanity of governing beyond ...

Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself in all cases as the ages and generations which preceded it. The vanity of governing beyond ...

Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself in all cases as the ages and generations which preceded it. The vanity of governing beyond ...