Government even in its best state is but a necessary evil, in its worst state an intolerable one. Thomas Paine Quotes
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Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil, in its worst state an intolerable one.

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He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression, for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.

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