[DOC] [TLE] SparkNotes: Common Sense: Quotes [PAR] Thomas Paine ... Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its 
best state is but a ... To say, they will never attempt it again is idle and visionary, 
we thought so at ... This quote comes from the third section of Common Sense, in 
which Paine ... His pamphlet is intended not just to lay out an argument in favor of
... [DOC] [TLE] Thomas Paine: Common Sense - USHistory.org [PAR] Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a 
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a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one: for when we suffer, ... 
somewhere in the Common Sense pamphlet that backs up Thomas' belief that ... 
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While society in any state is a blessing, he says, "government, even in its best 
state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. ..... [19] 
Supposing, for example, that Mr. Norman Thomas and a solid collectivist... [DOC] [TLE] Talk:Thomas Paine - Wikiquote [PAR] This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Thomas Paine page. ... 
capitalization (and other typographic effects) were extensively used in the early 
pamphlets. ... even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an 
intolerable one. ... It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its 
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necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer, or are... [DOC] [TLE] Common Sense by Thomas Paine - History Is A Weapon [PAR] The wise, and the worthy, need not the triumph of a pamphlet; and those whose 
... Yet it may not be unnecessary to say, That he is unconnected with any Party, 
and ... Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness; the 
... in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one: for
... [DOC] [TLE] Module 3: Thomas Paine's Common Sense and Thomas Jefferson ... [PAR] Thomas Paine (1737-1809) wrote several books and pamphlets that greatly ... 
Paine asserted that "society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in 
its ... is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one" and directed the 
... of Independence, had, as he later said, "turned to neither book nor pamphlet in
... [DOC] [TLE] and its Meaning Today by Jack Fruchtman - The Thomas Paine ... [PAR] There is no doubt that the United States of America (a term that I still say Paine ... 
the revolutionary era are greater than these from his great pamphlet (though I'd 
.... The British government had failed to use its collective common sense to

Question: In this pamphlet Thomas Paine said, government "is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one"
Answer: Common Sense