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"It has been thought a considerable advance towards establishing the principles of Freedom to say that Government is a compact between those who govern and those who are governed; but this cannot be true, because it is putting the effect before the cause; for as man must have existed before governments existed, there necessarily was a time when governments did not exist, and consequently there could originally exist no governors to form such a compact with. The fact, therefore, must be that the individuals, themselves, each, in his own personal and sovereign right, entered into a compact with each other to produce a government: and this is the only mode in which governments have a right to arise, and the only principle on which they have a right to exist."
The text above was part of a pamphlet written in support of which of the following?

A
Russian Revolution
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Velvet Revolution
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Haitian Revolution
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Glorious Revolution
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E
French Revolution
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The correct option is E French Revolution
These were the words of Thomas Paine in his book called Rights of Man as an answer to Mr. Burke's attack on the French Revolution.

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