Thomas Paine: “I presume that no man in his sober senses will compare the character of any of the kings of Europe with that of General…”

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

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

But the spirit of the nation was not to be overcome, and it was so fully sensible of the strong ground it had taken--that of withholding taxes--that it contented itself with keeping up a sort of quiet resistance, which effectually…

An hereditary governor is as inconsistent as an hereditary author.