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Society In Every State Is ABlessing, But Government Even, In Its Best State, Is But ANecessary Evil, In Its Worst State An Intolerable One, For When We Suffer, Or Are Exposed To The Same Miseries By AGovernment, Which We Might Expect In ACountry Without Government, Our Calamity Is Heightened By Reflecting That We Furnish The Means By Which We SufferGovernment, Like Dress, Is The Badge Of Lost Innocence, The Palaces Of Kings Are Built On The Ruins Of The Bowers Of Paradisefrom Common Sense It Is Impossible To Overstate Influence Of Thomas Paineidealist, Radical, And Master Rhetoricianin The Creation Of AmericaWith This Incendiary Pamphlet, Published Anonymously In Early , He Gave Voice To The Discontent That Gripped The British Colonists In The New World With His Cries For Small Government And Personal Liberty, And His Calls To Shrug Off The Tyranny Of Crown Led Directly To The Declaration Of Independence Only Months LaterHe Was The Premiere Political Blogger Of His Day, AMan Thomas Edison Called One Of The Greatest Of All Americans, And One Todays Liberals And Progressives Still Claim As Their Intellectual ForefatherEveryone Who Values Freedomof Speech, Of Thought, Of Governanceand The Ongoing Fight Required To Maintain It Must Read And Appreciate This, One Of The Foundational Documents Of The United States Of AmericaAlso Available From Cosimo Classics '