Paine loathed the unnatural inequalities fostered by the hereditary and monarchical systems.
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But he was not a libertarian: from a commitment to natural Rights he generated one of the first blueprints for a welfare state, combining a liberal order of civil Rights with egalitarian constraints.
He believed that government must be by and for the people and must limit itself to the protection of their natural rights.
Paine loathed the unnatural inequalities fostered by the hereditary and monarchical systems
