Thomas Paine: “It is the master-fraud, which shelters all others.”

An hereditary governor is as inconsistent as an hereditary author.

Because aristocracy has a tendency to deteriorate the human species.

The Aristocracy had hitherto opposed the despotism of the Court, and affected the language of patriotism; but it opposed it as its rival (as the English Barons opposed King John) and it now opposed the nation from the same motives.

The more it is struck the more sparks it will emit; and the fear is it will not be struck enough.