Thomas Paine: “I presume that no man in his sober senses will compare the character of any of the kings of Europe with that of General…”

Discussion and the general will arbitrates the question, and to this, private opinion yields with a good grace, and order is preserved uninterrupted.

I have no idea, considering the reforms which are now passing and spreading throughout Europe, that England will permit herself to be the last; and where the occasion and the opportunity quietly offer, it is better than to wait for a…

It is only those who have not thought that appear to agree.

As to what are called national religions, we may, with as much propriety, talk of national Gods.