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

War is their trade, plunder and revenue their objects.

The animosity of the English nation, it is very well remembered, ran high; and, had the true principles of Liberty been as well understood then as they now promise to be, it is probable the Nation would not have patiently submitted to so…

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.

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