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In a free country the law ought to be king, and there ought to be no other
Drawn from what Thomas Paine said
What Thomas Paine actually said
- Thomas Paine Pamphleteer and revolutionary (1737 to 1809)
For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be King; and there ought to be no other.
Where this was said
↗Common Sense (new edition, 1776)gutenberg.org
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