What Thomas Paine thinks about libertarianism

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Pamphleteer and revolutionary (1737 to 1809), born in Norfolk, England; author of Common Sense, a central text behind the call for American independence, and Rights of Man.

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1. c. 1791

   Our readingPeople enter society to secure their natural rights, not to lose them

   Their wordsMan did not enter into society to become worse than he was before, nor to have fewer rights than he had before, but to have those rights better secured. His natural rights are the foundation of all his civil rights.

   ↗Rights of Man (1791-1792)gutenberg.org All 22 from this book