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Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; - Thomas Paine
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Thomas Paine (February 9, 1737 [O.S. January 29, 1736] – 8 June 1809) was a British-American political writer, theorist, and activist who had a great influence on the thoughts and ideas which led to the American Revolution and the United States Declaration of Independence. He wrote three of the most influential and controversial works of the 18th Century: Common Sense, Rights of Man, and The Age of Reason. His ideas reflected Enlightenment-era ideals of transnational human rights.
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But the writer of the book of John tells us a story very different to this; for he says, chap. xx, ver. 19, “Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week [that is, the same day that Christ is said to have risen] when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst of them.
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