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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... enemy , ex- tinguishes every other name and title : and to say that reconcilia- tion is our duty , is truly farcical . The first king of England , of the present line ( William the Conqueror ) was a Frenchman , and half the peers of ...
... enemy , ex- tinguishes every other name and title : and to say that reconcilia- tion is our duty , is truly farcical . The first king of England , of the present line ( William the Conqueror ) was a Frenchman , and half the peers of ...
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... enemy to liberty , and discovered such a thirst for arbitrary power : is he , or is he not , a proper person to say to these colo- nies , " you shall make no laws but what I please ! " And is there any inhabitant of America so ignorant ...
... enemy to liberty , and discovered such a thirst for arbitrary power : is he , or is he not , a proper person to say to these colo- nies , " you shall make no laws but what I please ! " And is there any inhabitant of America so ignorant ...
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... enemy which this continent hath , or can have , shall tell us " there shall be no laws but such as I like . " But ... enemies to friends , by the alteration of a name : and in order to show that reconciliation now is a dangerous doe ...
... enemy which this continent hath , or can have , shall tell us " there shall be no laws but such as I like . " But ... enemies to friends , by the alteration of a name : and in order to show that reconciliation now is a dangerous doe ...
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... enemy . In almost every article of defence we abound . Hemp flourish . es even to rankness , so that we need not want cordage . Our iron is superior to that of other countries . Our small arms equal to any in the world . Cannon we can ...
... enemy . In almost every article of defence we abound . Hemp flourish . es even to rankness , so that we need not want cordage . Our iron is superior to that of other countries . Our small arms equal to any in the world . Cannon we can ...
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... enemy is endeavoring to dissolve . Our pre- sent condition is , legislation without law ; wisdom without a plan ; a constitution without a name ; and , what is strangely astonishing , perfect independence contending for dependence . The ...
... enemy is endeavoring to dissolve . Our pre- sent condition is , legislation without law ; wisdom without a plan ; a constitution without a name ; and , what is strangely astonishing , perfect independence contending for dependence . The ...
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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...