Thomas Paine: “It suits his purpose to exhibit the consequences without their causes.”

The American constitutions were to liberty what a grammar is to language: they define its parts of speech, and practically construct them into syntax.

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…

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

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.