“Man 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.”
(From “The Rights of Man“)
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"You want it to be one way. But it's the other way."
And here I thought it was so we could all buy shit.
I’m going shopping right now … at the Tom Paine Mall at Common Sense Crossing!
I pray they decide to franchise soon. We could use some Common Sense out my way.
I’d go shopping but I’m still waiting for my one-time-only tax rebate. Hey you guys, don’t buy up all the good shit. Leave something for the rest of us educated consumers.
All joking aside, Paine’s observation really *is* common sense.