On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:42:19 -0700, John Graeme wrote:
> The U.S. government, and most state governments, seized their territory
> by force and by killing off the native inhabitants.
This is a pretty interesting point. Even more so when one considers the
entire history of political power.
From Paine's "Common Sense"
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This is supposing the present race of kings in the world to have had an
honorable origin; whereas it is more than probable, that could we take
off the dark covering of antiquity, and trace them to their first rise,
that we should find the first of them nothing better than the principal
ruffian of some restless gang, whose savage manners of preeminence in
subtlety obtained him the title of chief among plunderers; and who by
increasing in power, and extending his depredations, overawed the quiet
and defenseless to purchase their safety by frequent contributions.
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