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When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary. - Thomas Paine

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English political theorist, 1737-1809

Born:29th January, 1737
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Starsign: Aquarius

Author Keywords: Theorist, Political, English

Other Authors

Paulo Freire, Charles Fourier, Jenny Marx, Karl Von Clausewitz, Walter Benjamin

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