The Writings of Thomas Paine, Volume 2 (1779–1792): The Rights of Man
Thomas Paine — The Writings of Thomas Paine, Volume 2 (1779–1792): The Rights of Man (2003)Thomas Paine · 2003 · Web page · Part Two, ch. 4 ('Of Constitutions')EstablishedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0718 · as of 2026-10-27 · about: Thomas Paine · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“In Part Two of Rights of Man (1792) Paine wrote that a constitution is not the act of a government but of a people constituting a government, and that government without a constitution is power without a right.”
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