Lay then the axe to the root, and teach governments humanity. It is their sanguinary punishments which corrupt mankind. (Thomas Paine)

Lay then the axe to the root, and teach governments humanity. It is their sanguinary punishments which corrupt mankind.

Thomas Paine

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