The Political Writings of Thomas Paine: To which is Prefixed a Brief Sketch of the Author's Life, Volumen1G. H. Evans, 1835 |
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... commerce , by which she has en- riched herself , are the necessaries of life , and will always have a market while eating is the custom of Europe . But she has protected us , say some . That she hath en- grossed us is true , and ...
... commerce , by which she has en- riched herself , are the necessaries of life , and will always have a market while eating is the custom of Europe . But she has protected us , say some . That she hath en- grossed us is true , and ...
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... commerce , and that , well attended to , will secure us the peace and friendship of all Europe ; because it is the interest of all Europe to have America a free port . Her trade will al- ways be a protection , and her barrenness of gold ...
... commerce , and that , well attended to , will secure us the peace and friendship of all Europe ; because it is the interest of all Europe to have America a free port . Her trade will al- ways be a protection , and her barrenness of gold ...
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... commerce , it being the natural manufacture of this country . It is the best money we can lay out . A navy when finished is worth more than it cost : and is that nice point in national policy , in which commerce and protection are ...
... commerce , it being the natural manufacture of this country . It is the best money we can lay out . A navy when finished is worth more than it cost : and is that nice point in national policy , in which commerce and protection are ...
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... commerce . In point of safety , ought we to be without a fleet ? We are not the little people now , which we were sixty years ago ; at that time we might have trusted our property in the streets , or fields rather ; and slept securely ...
... commerce . In point of safety , ought we to be without a fleet ? We are not the little people now , which we were sixty years ago ; at that time we might have trusted our property in the streets , or fields rather ; and slept securely ...
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... commerce and defence is sound policy ; for when our strength and our riches play into each other's hand , we need fear no external enemy . In almost every article of defence we abound . Hemp flourish . es even to rankness , so that we ...
... commerce and defence is sound policy ; for when our strength and our riches play into each other's hand , we need fear no external enemy . In almost every article of defence we abound . Hemp flourish . es even to rankness , so that we ...
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Página 25 - 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 25 - And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries and to be cooks and to be bakers.
Página 24 - 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 431 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Página 25 - This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you : He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.
Página 17 - Some writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins. Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices.
Página 74 - I have as little superstition in me as any man living, but my secret opinion has ever been, and still is, that God Almighty will not give up a people to military destruction, or leave them unsupportedly to perish, who have so earnestly and so repeatedly sought to avoid the calamities of war, by every decent method which wisdom could invent.
Página 17 - For were the impulses of conscience clear, uniform and irresistibly obeyed, man would need no other law-giver; but that not being the case, he finds it necessary to surrender up a part of his property to furnish means for the protection of the rest; and this he is induced to do by the same prudence which in every other case advises him, out of two evils to choose the least.
Página 61 - We have it in our power to begin the world over again. A situation, similar to the present, hath not happened since the days of Noah until now. The birthday of a new world is at hand...
Página 36 - ... is merely temporary. As parents, we can have no joy, knowing that this government is not sufficiently lasting to ensure any thing which we may bequeath to posterity : And by a plain method of argument, as we are running the next generation into debt, we ought to do the work of it, otherwise we use them meanly and pitifully. In order to discover the line of our duty rightly, we should take our children in our hand, and fix our station a few years...