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Paine says, on page 5, that government is necessary by the inability of
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to govern the world;

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Which Paine text/edition are you using? Page numbers vary.

If you mean Thomas Paine's Common Sense, the idea on p.5 is that government is necessary because of the inability of men (mankind/the people) to govern themselves — so the blank is typically "men" or "mankind."