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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: for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries by a Government, which we might expect in a country without Government, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer.<ref>Common Sense, page 15.</ref>}}

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: for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries by a Government, which we might expect in a country without Government, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer.<ref>Common Sense, page 15.</ref>}}

== External Links ==

== External links ==

* [http://www.ushistory.org/Paine/commonsense/index.htm Online Copy of ''Common Sense'']

* [http://www.ushistory.org/Paine/commonsense/index.htm Online Copy of ''Common Sense'']

* [https://archive.org/details/commonsense00painrich Online Copy of ''Common Sense''], [[Archive.org]]

* [https://archive.org/details/commonsense00painrich Online Copy of ''Common Sense''], [[Archive.org]]

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