Thomas Paine: “For my own part I think it equally as injurious to good principles to permit them to linger, as to push them on too…”

He must now show that every one in the line of hereditary succession was a Solomon, or his title is not good to be a king.

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.

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

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.