...hang separately." BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AT THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION 1776 Tom Fkine's Common Sense: I "Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one." 1776 American victories at Ticonderoga, Trenton, Princeton; defeats at New York 24 ABROAD 1 776 Execution...

...vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. . . . Society is in every state a blessing, but government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil. For Paine, government was rife with opportunities for the privileged few to oppress the many. Accordingly,...

...will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it.— Thomas Jefferson Society in every state is a blessing, but government,...necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.— Thomas Paine 145 The right to vote is not just any ordinary right — it is the essential, defining...

...difficile concepire, a loro 15 TH. PAINE, Common Sense (1776), Dover Publications, Mineola 1997, p. 3. [«Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil [...]. Government like dress is thè badge of lost innocence; thè palaces of kings are built on thè...

...primary reason for existence is to coerce obedience to natural law. As Tom Paine puts it in Common Sense, "Society in every state is a blessing, but Government,...even in its best state, is but a necessary evil." Government coercion always represents a threat to liberty and in particular to that most important...

...have a limited scope and sphere of functions. To quote him. "While society in any state is a blessing, government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil: in its worst state, an intolerable one". Nock According to Nock, the power of the state is not original but derived from the power of society....

...spending that is out of control, and issues the government will not resolve. Thomas Paine warned us, "Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one." George Washington expressed the same sentiment when he said, "Government is not reason, it is not eloquence,...

...American sentiment of robust skepticism regarding the role of the government in the Social Compact: [G]overnment even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one . . . Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of the kings are built on...

...recent attitude. Before the Great Depression, most Americans agreed with Thomas Paine's statement, "Government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one."9 "A government in which the majority rule in all cases cannot be based on justice," said Henry...

...year, when PAINE wrote that well-known phrase about the state and its representing government that is 'even in its best state is but a necessary evil in its worst state an intolerable one" (PAINE 1776, SI). Therefore the experience of authority and colonial capriciousness ought not to return...