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By Thomas Paine
O ye that love mankind! Ye that dare oppose, not only the tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth! Every spot of the old world is over-run with oppression.
- Source
- Common Sense; Addressed to the Inhabitants of America, 1776 · Thoughts on the Present State of American Affairs, p. 58
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- Internet Archive (John Carter Brown Library scan of the 1776 Philadelphia printing, W. and T. Bradford)
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From Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense, printed in Philadelphia in 1776 (W. and T. Bradford printing). Paine published it without his name at first.