Of Monarchy and Hereditary Succession
Argues the constitution is 'imperfect, subject to convulsions, and incapable of producing what it seems to promise.'
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From Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Paine attacks the vaunted English constitution as an absurd compound of monarchical and aristocratic tyranny with republican elements, arguing its complexity hides rather than restrains power.
Of the Origin and Design of Government in General
The two ancient tyrannies (king, peers) cannot be checked by the new republican materials (commons) when they derive their power from the same corrupt source.
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