Thomas Paine: “Excess and inequality of taxation, however disguised in the means, never fail to appear in their effects.”

It was become evident, that no constitution, worthy of being called by that name, could be established on anything less than a national ground.

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.

War is their trade, plunder and revenue their objects.

Many of the facts were in themselves principles; such as the declaration of American Independence, and the treaty of alliance between France and America, which recognised the natural rights of man, and justified resistance to oppression.