From London, England, Thomas Paine begins publishing the Rights of Man: “A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody, ought not to be trusted by anybody.”
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 48.
Thomas Paine – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Paine#Rights_of_Man
Other sources – History’s HEROES
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Paine#Rights_of_Man
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