From Thomas Paine's "Common Sense"...

[rodneyorpheus]

Some writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins. Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our POSITIVELY by uniting our affections, the latter NEGATIVELY by restraining our vices

Comments

[frater_mythos]

Marvelous. Absolutely marvelous.