...think1ng; but this saves time! Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness. . . . Society in every state is a blessing, but government,...necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. . . . Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built upon the...

...onr wickedness; the former promotes our happiuess positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages...creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last a pnnisher. Society in every state is a blessing, but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable...

...our wickedness ; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages...necessary evil, in its worst state an intolerable one. For when we suffer or are exposed to the same miseries by a government which we might effect in a country...

...our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages...government even in its best state is but a necessary evil' (Paine's emphasis omitted). Among authors traditionally called 'philosophers', Hegel was the first...

...well-established among those who favored the "contract" theory of government, between society and government. "Society in every state is a blessing, but government,...even in its best state, is but a necessary evil." Government is "a mode rendered necessary by the inability of moral virtue to govern the world." The...

...our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices... Society in every state is a blessing, but government...even in its best state is but a necessary evil... Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built on the ruins...

...fear the government, it is tyranny." — "Society in every state is a blessing, but government, ever in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one." — Thomas Paine "Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants." — "In...

...our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness possitively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages...necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one: for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries by a Government, which we might expect in a...

...itself. He distinguished between society, which he called our patron, and government, which he called our punisher. Society in every state is a blessing, but...necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one. . . . Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built upon the...

...our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages...distinctions. The first is a patron, the last a punisher. Government is, in short, at best, a necessary evil and, at worst, an intolerable evil. (Italics in...