Thomas Paine: “Science, the partizan of no country, but the beneficent patroness of all, has liberally opened a temple where all may…”

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

But the spirit of the nation was not to be overcome, and it was so fully sensible of the strong ground it had taken--that of withholding taxes--that it contented itself with keeping up a sort of quiet resistance, which effectually…

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

The peer and the beggar are often of the same family.