Thomas Paine: “Britain, as a nation, is, in my inmost belief, the greatest and most ungrateful offender against God on the face of the…”

But from such opposition the French Revolution, instead of suffering, receives an homage.

Whether robbery shall be banished from courts, and wretchedness from countries?

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.

To account for this sudden transition, it is proper to observe that there are two distinct species of popularity; the one excited by merit, and the other by resentment.