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Dissertation on First Principles of Government

Thomas Paine, from Paris, Dissertation on First Principles of Government (July 7, 1795). Relatedly, "Speech of Thomas Paine, as delivered in the convention on France's Constitution of 1795 (Year III), wherein he references his Dissertation.
Go There is no subject more interesting to every man than the subject of government. His security, be he rich or poor, and, in a great measure, his prosperity, are connected therewith; it is therefore his interest as well as his duty, to make himself acquainted with its principles, and what the practise ought to be.