Thomas Paine: “We cannot alter nature, neither ought we to punish the son because the father begot him in a cowardly mood.”

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.

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

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

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.