What Thomas Paine thinks about war

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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. 1792

   Our readingUniversal peace cannot come without a revolution in the system of governments

   Their wordsIf universal peace, civilisation, and commerce are ever to be the happy lot of man, it cannot be accomplished but by a revolution in the system of governments. All the monarchical governments are military.

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