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Thomas Paine and Thomas Hobbes both believed the common people were the basis of government governments need to be made up of many people governments only exist to make war and collect taxes the common
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Thomas Paine and Thomas Hobbes both believed
the common people were the basis of government
governments need to be made up of many people
governments only exist to make war and collect taxes
the common people needed to overthrow the king
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Generally speaking, Thomas Paine and Thomas Hobbes both believed that "
the common people were the basis of government," since they both believed in the "social contract" that should exist between people and their government.
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