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The Writings of Thomas Paine, Volume 2 (1779–1792): The Rights of Man

Thomas Paine · Project Gutenberg · 2003

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Author: Thomas Paine
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EstablishedIn 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.