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Quote from Thomas Paine,


"For all men being originally equals,
no one by birth could have a right
to set up his own family in perpetual preference
to all others for ever."


By:

Thomas Paine (more quotes by Thomas Paine or books by/about Thomas Paine)


(1737-1809) US Founding father, pamphleteer, author

Source:

Common Sense, February 14, 1776

Categories:

Equality, Individual Rights, Oppression, Power, Civil Rights, Family

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