Body Thomas Paine born 1737 and dying 1809, wrote numerous books and pamphlets most consider greatly added to "delegitimizing" the entitlements to power of the mother country or British state. Paine proclaimed that "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" (Sargent, 1997, p
As to the precise assertions of the British Empire, Paine stated, "No man in his senses can say that their claim under William the Conqueror is a very honorable one. A French bastard, landing with an armed banditti and establishing himself king of England against the consent of the natives…" (Wilensky, Richardson & Paine, 2008, p