Thomas Paine: “It reaches all mankind, and in matters which concern us, or concern us not, it alike provokes in us a desire to know…”

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…

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

He writes neither in the character of a Frenchman nor an Englishman, but in the fawning character of that creature known in all countries, and a friend to none--a courtier.

The Parliaments on their part insisted that they had not only a right to remonstrate, but to reject; and on this ground they were always supported by the nation.