Society In Every State Is A Blessing, But Government Even In Its Best State Is But A Necessary Evil

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Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best
state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one;
for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries *by a
government*, which we might expect in a country *without government*,
our calamities is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means
by which we suffer." -- Thomas Paine

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