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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... "
Readings in Political Philosophy - Page 522
by Francis William Coker - 1914 - 573 pages
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The Political Writings of Thomas Paine: Secretary to the Committee ..., Volume 1

Thomas Paine - 1824 - 478 pages
...The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last is a punisher. Society in every state is a blessing,...the same miseries by a government, which we might expert in a country without government, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the...
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th]

1832 - 572 pages
...hap' piness positively, by uniting our affections ; the latter nega' tively, by restraining our vices. Society in every state is a ' blessing ; but government, even in its best state, is but a ne' cessary evil. Government, like dress, is the badge of lost in' nocence : the palaces of kings are...
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The Political Text Book: Comprising a View of the Origin and Objects of ...

William Carpenter - 1833 - 270 pages
...Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our hap. piness positively, by uniting our affections : the latter...necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. — Paine. Let us suppose a small number of persons settled in some sequestered part of the earth,...
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The Political Text Book: Comprising a View of the Origin and Objects of ...

William Carpenter - 1833 - 270 pages
...wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively, by uniting our affections : the litter, B 2 negatively, by restraining our vices. The one encourages...necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. — Paine. Let us suppose a small number of persons settled in socie sequestered part of the earth,...
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The New England History, from the Discovery of the Continent by ..., Volume 1

Charles Wyllys Elliott - 1857 - 498 pages
...axioms may be interesting here : " Society/' he says, " in every state is a blessing ; but government in its best state is but a necessary evil ; in its worst state an intolerable one.1 * * * " Here, too," he said, " is the design and end of government, viz., Freedom and Security....
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The New England History: From the Discovery of the Continent by ..., Volume 2

Charles Wyllys Elliott - 1857 - 512 pages
...axioms may be interesting here : " Society," he says, " in every state is a blessing ; but government in its best state is but a necessary evil ; in its worst state an intolerable one.1 ° ° ° " Here, too," he said, " is the design and end of government, viz., Freedom and Security....
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Modern Thinkers Principally Upon Social Science: what They Think, and why

Van Buren Denslow - 1880 - 412 pages
...The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last is a punisher. " Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best estate, is but a necessary evil; in its worst estate an intolerable one; for when we suffer or are...
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Modern Thinkers Principally Upon Social Science: what They Think, and why

Van Buren Denslow - 1880 - 412 pages
...encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last is a puuisher. " Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best estate, is but a necessary evil; in its worst estate an intolerable one; for when we suffer or are...
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The New Republic: Founded on the Natural and Inalienable Rights of Man, and ...

E. J. Schellhous - 1883 - 362 pages
...negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. x •' Society in every state is a blessing ; but government, even in its best estate, is but a necessary evil : in its worst, an intolerable one; for when we suffer, or are exposed...
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The New Republic: Founded on the Natural and Inalienable Rights of Man, and ...

E. J. Schellhous - 1883 - 362 pages
...negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. •' Society in every state is a blessing; but government, even in its best estate, is but a necessary evil : in its worst, an intolerable one; for when we suffer, or are exposed...
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