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Key philosophical points in __Common Sense__ by Thomas Paine "Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil in its worst state an intolerable one"
 * The necessity of government for controlling the vices of society
 * The natural progression in the perfect scenario from independence to society and ultimately government

"We furnish the means by which we suffer"
 * The human need to be governed

"But how a race of men came into the world so exalted above the rest, distinguished like some new species"
 * The origination of monarchy and hereditary succession
 * The distribution of power

"When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary"
 * The paradox of monarchy, the folly of hereditary succession
 * The mother country


 * separation of the church and state