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<blockquote>SOME writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins. Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices.<ref>Common Sense, page 15.</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>SOME writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins. Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices.<ref>Common Sense, page 15.</ref></blockquote>
== See also ==
*[[Social analysis]]
==References==
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