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common sense

9/22/19

Thomas Paine’s Common Sense for Our Time

by Jerome Braun

We have forgotten the true nature of democracy; a state where government reflects the will of the people, before, during, and after elections.

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common sense

Thomas Paine’s Common Sense for Our Time

by Jerome Braun