3 Thomas Paine Quotes on Governance

Thomas Paine quotes on governance

2. Man is not the enemy of man but through the medium of a false system of government.

23. It is the nature and intention of a constitution to prevent governing by party, by establishing a common principle that shall limit and control the power and impulse of party, and that says to all parties, thus far shalt thou go and no further. But in the absence of a constitution, men look entirely to party; and instead of principle governing party, party governs principle.

57. That government is best which governs least.

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