“Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries by a government, which we might expect in a country without government, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer...”
I felt like this quote best represents Chapter 6 because this was the time when the Constitution was being created from the Articles of Confederation. The original 13 colonies wanted a government, but they all had different ideas of what they had wanted. It is because they went through so many trials and errors, that the United States has its’ government today. It took a long time to get this far, but even though it is still not perfect, I’m sure it is much better than what is was back then.
This new government brought war and people were dying, which is why it is evil, according to Thomas Paine’s quote above. This quote to me, is saying that the countries that don’t have a government have the same problems as countries that do have a government. I think that all countries start at the same place. No single country is ahead of any other country. We all want the same thing. We all want to be happy and live in peace. By fighting and going to war, we are doing harm to ourselves. That is what the last part of the quote is trying to help us to understand.
I also learned that more and more people started to oppose slavery. I think the creation of a new government is what was mainly responsible for the antislavery movement being so successful. If the original 13 colonies hadn’t fought and tried to create a government, what would have happened to the slaves? I always think that everything happens for a reason.
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