Thomas Paine

They had a cause at stake, on which depended their freedom or their slavery.

The thing, in many points, contained better principles than those upon which the Government had hitherto been administered; but with respect to the Cour Pleniere, it was no other than a medium through which despotism was to pass, without…

Natural rights are those which appertain to man in right of his existence.

It was become evident, that no constitution, worthy of being called by that name, could be established on anything less than a national ground.

To possess ourselves of a clear idea of what government is, or ought to be, we must trace it to its origin.

The animosity of the English nation, it is very well remembered, ran high; and, had the true principles of Liberty been as well understood then as they now promise to be, it is probable the Nation would not have patiently submitted to so…

A constitution is not a thing in name only, but in fact.

Nothing can be more terrible to a Court or Courtier than the Revolution of France.

Because aristocracy has a tendency to deteriorate the human species.

The more it is struck the more sparks it will emit; and the fear is it will not be struck enough.

To account for this sudden transition, it is proper to observe that there are two distinct species of popularity; the one excited by merit, and the other by resentment.

Those who talk of a counter-revolution in France, show how little they understand of man.