Thomas Paine: “Where we would wish to reform we must not reproach.”

Natural rights are those which appertain to man in right of his existence.

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.

He writes neither in the character of a Frenchman nor an Englishman, but in the fawning character of that creature known in all countries, and a friend to none--a courtier.

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