Thomas Paine: “They will neither qualify the sentiment, nor add to its defect.”

He must now show that every one in the line of hereditary succession was a Solomon, or his title is not good to be a king.

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.

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.

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.