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Thomas Paine was a British pamphleteer, revolutionary, radical, inventor, and intellectual. He lived and worked in Britain until age 37, when he emigrated to the British American colonies, in time to participate in the American Revolution. His principal contribution was the powerful, widely-read pamphlet Common Sense, advocating colonial America's independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain, and The American Crisis, a pro-revolutionary pamphlet series. Find out more about Thomas Paine quotes on Thomas Paine's biography.

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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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The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security.

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That government is best which governs least.

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