Anonymous ID: c4f6a3 Aug. 1, 2023, 11:12 p.m. No.19283443   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

>>19283059

Paine went psycho when he went to France to foment their (utterly different) Revolution.

Got sucked in by the atheists. Poor bastard.

 

"I do not choose to be a common man,

It is my right to be uncommon โ€ฆ if I can,

I seek opportunity โ€ฆ not security.

I do not wish to be a kept citizen.

Humbled and dulled by having the

State look after me.

I want to take the calculated risk;

To dream and to build.

To fail and to succeed.

I refuse to barter incentive for a dole;

I prefer the challenges of life

To the guaranteed existence;

The thrill of fulfillment

To the stale calm of Utopia.

I will not trade freedom for beneficence

Nor my dignity for a handout

I will never cower before any master

Nor bend to any threat.

It is my heritage to stand erect.

Proud and unafraid;

To think and act for myself,

To enjoy the benefit of my creations

And to face the world boldly and say:

This, with Godโ€™s help, I have doneโ€ -Th Paine