 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1776 - 608 pàgines
...; for when we fuffer, or are expofed to the fame miferieg by a. gt'vernauut, which we might expefl in a country -without government! our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnilh the means by which we fuffer. Government, like drefs, is the badge of loft innocence; the palaces... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1824 - 478 pàgines
...encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last is a punisher. Society in every state is a blessing, but government...the same miseries by a government, which we might expert in a country without government, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the... | |
 | 1832 - 572 pàgines
...hap' piness positively, by uniting our affections ; the latter nega' tively, by restraining our vices. Society in every state is a ' blessing ; but government, even in its best state, is but a ne' cessary evil. Government, like dress, is the badge of lost in' nocence : the palaces of kings are... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1833 - 270 pàgines
...encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron ; the last a punisher. Society, in every state, is a blessing ; but government,...necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. — Paine. Let us suppose a small number of persons settled in socie sequestered part of the earth,... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1856 - 542 pàgines
...encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last is a punisher. Society in every state is a blessing, but government,...by a government, which we might expect in a country wthont government^ our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer.... | |
 | Charles Wyllys Elliott - 1857 - 498 pàgines
...axioms may be interesting here : " Society/' he says, " in every state is a blessing ; but government in its best state is but a necessary evil ; in its worst state an intolerable one.1 * * * " Here, too," he said, " is the design and end of government, viz., Freedom and Security.... | |
 | Charles Wyllys Elliott - 1857 - 512 pàgines
...axioms may be interesting here : " Society," he says, " in every state is a blessing ; but government in its best state is but a necessary evil ; in its worst state an intolerable one.1 ° ° ° " Here, too," he said, " is the design and end of government, viz., Freedom and Security.... | |
 | Van Buren Denslow - 1880 - 412 pàgines
...encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last is a puuisher. " Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best estate, is but a necessary evil; in its worst estate an intolerable one; for when we suffer or are... | |
 | E. J. Schellhous - 1883 - 362 pàgines
...negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. •' Society in every state is a blessing; but government, even in its best estate, is but a necessary evil : in its worst, an intolerable one; for when we suffer, or are exposed... | |
 | E. J. Schellhous - 1883 - 362 pàgines
...negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. x •' Society in every state is a blessing ; but government, even in its best estate, is but a necessary evil : in its worst, an intolerable one; for when we suffer, or are exposed... | |
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Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one... 
