Quotation by Tom Paine:

When shall it be said in any country of the world, my poor are happy; neither ignorance or 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...when these things can be said, then may that country boast of its constitution and government." ~ Thomas Paine

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Type: Prose
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Source: Tom Paine