Thomas Paine: “Our lot is cast; and America, the child of fate, is arriving at maturity.”

I do not believe that any two men, on what are called doctrinal points, think alike who think at all.

The oppressed soldier will become a freeman; and the tortured sailor, no longer dragged through the streets like a felon, will pursue his mercantile voyage in safety.

When another nation shall join France, despotism and bad government will scarcely dare to appear.

When all the governments of Europe shall be established on the representative system, nations will become acquainted, and the animosities and prejudices fomented by the intrigue and artifice of courts, will cease.