Analyze and explain the following statements from Thomas Paine in chapter 1 of Common Sense. Each explanation and analysis should be at least one half page. In addition, find a third statement made by Paine and analyze it as well.
Be sure to include the statement at the beginning of each analysis.
1. “Here then is the origin and rise of government; namely, a mode rendered necessary by the inability of moral virtue to govern the world.”
2. “There is something exceedingly ridiculous in the composition of monarchy; it first excludes a man from the means of information, yet empowers him to act in cases where the highest judgment is required.”
Be sure to include the statement at the beginning of each analysis.
1. “Here then is the origin and rise of government; namely, a mode rendered necessary by the inability of moral virtue to govern the world.”
2. “There is something exceedingly ridiculous in the composition of monarchy; it first excludes a man from the means of information, yet empowers him to act in cases where the highest judgment is required.”
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