| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1776 - 608 páginas
...; for when we fuffer, or are expofed to the fame miferieg by a. gt'vernauut, which we might expefl in a country -without government! our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnilh the means by which we fuffer. Government, like drefs, is the badge of loft innocence; the palaces... | |
| Thomas Paine - 1824 - 478 páginas
...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...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... | |
| William Grisenthwaite - 1825 - 314 páginas
...work, which I am now examining, Mr. Paine, in his Common Sense, had written such a sentence as this! " Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence, the palaces of kings are built on the ruins of the bowers of paradise !" Such are the inconsistencies of Mr. Paine. They cannot be... | |
| Thomas Paine - 1826 - 470 páginas
...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...of lost innocence ; the palaces of kings are built on the ruins of the bowers of paradise. For were the impulses of conscience clear, uniform and irresistibly... | |
| William Carpenter - 1833 - 270 páginas
...happiness. — Economist. CHAPTER III. OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT. SECTION I. THE ORIGIN AND OBJECTS OP GOVERNMENT. GOVERNMENT, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built on the ruins of the bowers of Paradise. For, were the impulses of conscience clear, uniform, and irresistibly... | |
| John Hill Wheeler - 1851 - 644 páginas
...evil, for when we suffer from the miseries of a government our calamity U heightened by the reflection that we furnish the means by which, we suffer. Government, like dress, is a badge of fallen innocence ; the palaces of kings are built on the ruins of the bowers of paradise."... | |
| Thomas Paine - 1856 - 542 páginas
...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...by a government, which we might expect in a country wthont government^ our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer.... | |
| Joseph Osgood Barrett - 1878 - 412 páginas
...of the East, 'tis the land of the sun 1 Can he smile on each deeds as his children have done ? " " Government, like dress, is the badge of lost Innocence : the palaces of kings are built en the mini of the bowers of paradise." — THOMAS PAINE. ONE October morning, at its first gray, our... | |
| E. J. Schellhous - 1883 - 362 páginas
...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...government which we might expect in a country without a government, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer*... | |
| E. J. Schellhous - 1883 - 362 páginas
...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...government which we might expect in a country without a government, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer*... | |
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