<P> In his first section, Paine related common Enlightenment theories of the state of nature, in order to establish a foundation for republican government . Paine began this section by making a distinction between society and government, arguing that government is a "necessary evil". He illustrated the power of society to create and maintain happiness in man through the example of a few isolated people that find it easier to live together rather than apart, creating society . As society continues to grow, a government becomes necessary to prevent the natural evil Paine saw in man . In order to promote civil society through laws and account for the impossibility of all people meeting centrally to make laws, representation and therefore elections become necessary . As this model was clearly intended to mirror the situation of the colonists at the time of publication, Paine went on to consider the Constitution of the United Kingdom . </P> <P> Paine found two tyrannies in the English constitution; monarchical and aristocratic tyranny, in the king and peers, who rule by heredity and contribute nothing to the people . Paine criticized the English constitution by examining the relationship between the king, the peers, and the commons . </P> <P> In the second section Paine considers monarchy first from a biblical perspective, then from a historical perspective . He begins by arguing that all men are equal at creation and, therefore, the distinction between kings and subjects is a false one . Paine then examines some of the problems that kings and monarchies have caused in the past and concludes: </P> <P> In England a king hath little more to do than to make war and give away places; which in plain terms, is to impoverish the nation and set it together by the ears . A pretty business indeed for a man to be allowed eight hundred thousand sterling a year for, and worshipped into the bargain! Of more worth is one honest man to society and in the sight of God, than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived . </P>

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