Thomas Paine

It was Government dethroning Government; and the old one, by attempting to make a new one, made a chasm.

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

The Aristocracy had hitherto opposed the despotism of the Court, and affected the language of patriotism; but it opposed it as its rival (as the English Barons opposed King John) and it now opposed the nation from the same motives.

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…

He writes neither in the character of a Frenchman nor an Englishman, but in the fawning character of that creature known in all countries, and a friend to none--a courtier.

They form a common policy throughout Europe, detached and separate from the interest of Nations: and while they appear to quarrel, they agree to plunder.

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

But from such opposition the French Revolution, instead of suffering, receives an homage.

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

It has nothing to dread from attacks; truth has given it an establishment, and time will record it with a name as lasting as his own.

Burke's Book is easily accounted for.--When a man in a wrong cause attempts to steer his course by anything else than some polar truth or principle, he is sure to be lost.

Burke's horrid paintings, when the French Revolution is compared with the Revolutions of other countries, the astonishment will be that it is marked with so few sacrifices; but this astonishment will cease when we reflect that principles…