On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
What respect then can be paid to that which describes nothing, and which means nothing?
Said by
Thomas Paine
Source
gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “What respect then can be paid to that which describes nothing, and which means nothing?”
Editor's note · Context
Paine poses a rhetorical question, challenging the basis for respecting aristocratic titles that convey no inherent meaning or description.
Share
More from Thomas Paine
Jan 1, 1791
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…
Jan 1, 1791
They form a common policy throughout Europe, detached and separate from the interest of Nations: and while they appear to quarrel, they agree to plunder.
Jan 1, 1791
The man who is in the receipt of a million a year is the last person to promote a spirit of reform, lest, in the event, it should reach to himself.