Common Sense (Thomas Paine)
A work by Thomas Paine, first published in 1776
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What korrents draws from it
Time changes more minds than reason does, Society is always a blessing, but government is at best a necessary evil and at worst an intolerable one, One honest man is worth more to society than all the kings who ever lived …
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- There are 6 claims from it on korrents, each quoted word for word.
- Its full text is free to read on Project Gutenberg.
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What korrents draws from it
korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.
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Time changes more minds than reason does (opens korrents.com)1
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Society is always a blessing, but government is at best a necessary evil and at worst an intolerable one (opens korrents.com)1
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One honest man is worth more to society than all the kings who ever lived (opens korrents.com)1
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Everything right and natural argues for America separating from Britain (opens korrents.com)1
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In a free country the law ought to be king, and there ought to be no other (opens korrents.com)1
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Americans have it in their power to begin the world over again (opens korrents.com)1
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