I know it is difficult to get over local or long standing prejudices, … — Common Sense

Common Sense — Thomas Paine

I know it is difficult to get over local or long standing prejudices, yet if we will suffer ourselves to examine the component parts of the English constitution, we shall find them to be the base remains of two ancient tyrannies, compounded with some new republican materials.

Place: ¶30
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