Thomas Paine: “The hatred which the Norman invasion and tyranny begat, must have been deeply rooted in the nation, to have outlived the…”

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…

A knowledge of the practice was then joined to the theory; and all that was wanting to give it real existence was opportunity.

In fine, society performs for itself almost everything which is ascribed to government.

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.