“If, from the more wretched parts of the old world,
we look at those which are in an advanced stage of improvement, we still find
the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of
industry, and grasping the spoil of the multitude. Invention is continually
exercised, to furnish new pretenses for revenues and taxation. It watches
prosperity as its prey and permits none to escape without tribute.”—Thomas
Paine, The Rights of Man (1791)
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