“The duty of man is not a wilderness of turnpike gates, through which he must pass by tickets from on to the other. It is plain and simple, and consists but of two points. His duty to God, which every man must feel; and with respect to his neighbour, to do as he would be done by.”
With rights comes duty, the Golden Rule first and foremost. Is it observed any more in our day than it was in Paine’s? Ceaseless news of bickering, war, and death at the hands of others makes it seem doubtful.
On the other hand, nobody died by guillotine in Paris today. Perhaps there is still hope.
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