The Political Writings of Thomas Paine: Secretary to the Committee of Foreign Affairs in the American Revolution : to which is Prefixed a Brief Sketch of the Author's Life, Volumen1G. Davidson, 1824 |
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... natural disease of monarchy . 2d , That the commons , by being appointed for that pur- pose , are either wiser or more worthy of confidence than the crown . But as the same constitution which gives the commons a 22 COMMON SENSE .
... natural disease of monarchy . 2d , That the commons , by being appointed for that pur- pose , are either wiser or more worthy of confidence than the crown . But as the same constitution which gives the commons a 22 COMMON SENSE .
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... cannot stop it , their endeavors will be ineffectual ; the first moving power will at last have its way , and what it wants in speed is supplied by time . That the crown is this overbearing part in the English COMMON SENSE . 23.
... cannot stop it , their endeavors will be ineffectual ; the first moving power will at last have its way , and what it wants in speed is supplied by time . That the crown is this overbearing part in the English COMMON SENSE . 23.
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... crown , by having all the places in its dispo- sal , hath so effectually swallowed up the power , and eaten out the virtue of the house of commons ( the republican part in the constitution ) that the government of England is near- ly as ...
... crown , by having all the places in its dispo- sal , hath so effectually swallowed up the power , and eaten out the virtue of the house of commons ( the republican part in the constitution ) that the government of England is near- ly as ...
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... crown will be exerted , to keep this continent as low and humble as possible ? Instead of going forward we shall go back- ward , or be perpetually quarrelling , or ridiculously peti- tioning . We are already greater than the king wishes ...
... crown will be exerted , to keep this continent as low and humble as possible ? Instead of going forward we shall go back- ward , or be perpetually quarrelling , or ridiculously peti- tioning . We are already greater than the king wishes ...
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... crown itself is a temptation to enterpris- ing ruffians at home ; and that degree of pride and inso- lence ever attendant on regal authority , swells into a rup- ture with foreign powers , in instances where a republican government , by ...
... crown itself is a temptation to enterpris- ing ruffians at home ; and that degree of pride and inso- lence ever attendant on regal authority , swells into a rup- ture with foreign powers , in instances where a republican government , by ...
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Página 75 - These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Página 27 - And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
Página 26 - And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
Página 32 - Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel ; and they said, Nay ; but we will have a king over us ; that we also may be like all the nations ; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
Página 370 - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community; of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety, and is most effectually secured against the danger of...
Página 370 - Nor can any man, who acknowledges the being of God, be justly deprived or abridged of any civil right as a citizen, on account of his religious sentiments or peculiar mode of religious worship...
Página 276 - Comfort, all along the sea coast to the southward two hundred miles, and all that space and circuit of land, lying from the sea coast of the precinct aforesaid, up into the land, throughout from sea to sea, west and northwest...
Página 34 - ... twenty years of our lives is to become a precedent for the next twenty. But even this is admitting more than is true; for I answer roundly that America would have flourished as much, and probably much more, had no European power taken any notice of her.
Página 290 - And we do further strictly enjoin and require all persons whatever, who have either wilfully or inadvertently seated themselves upon any lands within the countries above described, or upon any other lands which, not having been ceded to or purchased by us, are still reserved to the said Indians as aforesaid, forthwith to remove themselves from such settlements.
Página 27 - Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee : for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.