It is to independence that every Tory owes the present safety which he lives in; for by that, and that only, we emerged from a state of dangerous suspense, and became a regular people.
Paine asserts that even those loyal to Britain benefited from independence, as it brought stability and order to the colonies.
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The meaning, then, good people, of all this, is: That government is governed by no principle whatever; that it can make evil good, or good evil, just as it pleases.
The argument changes from hereditary rights to hereditary wisdom; and the question is, Who is the wisest man?