"When it shall be said in any country in the world, my poor are happy; neither ignorance nor distress is to be found among them; my jails are empty of prisoners, my streets of beggars; the aged are not in want, the taxes are not oppressive; the rational world is my friend, because I am the friend of its happiness: when these things can be said, then may that country boast its constitution and its government."

Thomas Paine (via azspot)

This is gonna sound pretty weird but I spent a lot of time reading Paine during my Junior year of Highschool and I love his writing, and how profoundly outspoken and morally justified and impassioned he was. It’s kinda sexy.

No, you’re right, that wasn’t pretty weird, that was really weird. :D

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