“The wrong which began a thousand years ago is as much a wrong<\/p>\n
as\u00a0 if it had begun today, and the right which originates today is<\/p>\n
as much a right\u00a0 as if it had the sanction of a thousand years.<\/p>\n
Time with respect to principle is an eternal now; it has no operation on them,<\/p>\n
it changes nothing of their nature and qualities. But what have we to do with<\/p>\n
a thousand years? Our lifetime is but a short portion of that period;<\/p>\n
and if we find the wrong in existence\u00a0as soon as we begin to live, that is<\/p>\n
the point of time at which it begins to us, and our right to resist it<\/p>\n
is the same as if it never existed before.”<\/p>\n
Tom Paine.<\/p>\n
Excerpted from “First Principles of Government”, 1785.<\/p>\n
Islander.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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