Re: Tom Paine\'s Bones
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I love Thomas Paine. Though doesn't most of his writing conflict with the general 2+2 guys? He's pro-democracy, a statist, and believes universal suffrage to be the most important of liberties.
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Kinda. His writings have always struck me as a capital L Libertarian. As the previous post mentioned, he had a huge distaste for government but felt it was necessary, albiet in a minimum form. I'd say "revolutionary" is a far more appropriate term. While that hypocrite, Jefferson, made this quote, it surely wishes it came from Paine's mind:
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants"
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