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Today's Quotefall Puzzle by Thomas Paine
Self-Published | 2/28/2020 | Self-Published

Posted on 02/28/2020 7:37:53 AM PST by GOP Congress

Today's Quotefall Puzzle features a quote by Thomas Paine. Click puzzle (or click here) for full size rendition, then use your browser's print command to print puzzle. 

Thomas Paine is one of America's Founding Fathers and preeminent political writer whose writings inspired tenets of the U.S. Constitution, as well as the narrow and fundamental pathway for proper governance. 

All hints, along with the answer, are provided in the first reply comment below, using filtered font to prevent accidental spoilers. Please refrain from disclosing the full answer in comments to prevent spoilers.

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NOTE: Hints are formatted in difficult-to-read yellow font to prevent inadvertent spoilers.

Highlight filtered (light yellow-colored) words to reveal hints and answer as needed. Hint words may be included more than once in the quote.

Word Hint 1: ONE

Word Hint 2: BEST

Word Hint 3: EVIL

First 4 words: GOVERNMENT, EVEN IN ITS

ANSWER: GOVERNMENT, EVEN IN ITS BEST STATE, IS BUT A NECESSARY EVIL; IN ITS WORST STATE, AN INTOLERABLE ONE.

PRO TIP: On a desktop, triple-clicking anywhere in a row will highlight and reveal the entire row.

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Title: Societal quagmire

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