Thomas Paine: “But from such opposition the French Revolution, instead of suffering, receives an homage.”

When it becomes necessary to do anything, the whole heart and soul should go into the measure, or not attempt it.

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

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

Man cannot, properly speaking, make circumstances for his purpose, but he always has it in his power to improve them when they occur, and this was the case in France.