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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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NUMBER:
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1906 |
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AUTHOR:
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Thomas Paine (1737–1809) |
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QUOTATION:
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The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which other rights are protected. To take away this right is to reduce a man to slavery, for slavery consists in being subject to the will of another, and he that has not a vote in the election of representatives is in this case. |
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ATTRIBUTION:
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THOMAS PAINE, “Dissertation on First Principles of Government,” The Writings of Thomas Paine, ed. Moncure D. Conway, vol. 3, p. 267 (1895). Originally published in 1795. |
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SUBJECTS:
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Voters and voting |
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