Thomas Paine: “Great part of that order which reigns among mankind is not the effect of government.”

The aristocracy has screened itself too much, and this serves to restore a part of the lost equilibrium.

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…

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.