Part First, 'Of the Rights of Man'
Paine appeals to 'the unity of man; by which I mean, that men are all of one degree, and consequently that all men are born equal, and with equal natural rights.'
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From Rights of Man by Thomas Paine
Paine grounds equality in the divine creation: all men descend equally from one creation, so all distinctions of rank are conventional and unequal authority cannot be natural.
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