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, Volume 1G. Davidson, 1824 |
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... importance . It was only intended to give the most prominent parts of Mr. Paine's life , in the Sketch which is prefixed to the first volume . Charlestown , Mass . August , 1824 . CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME . Brief Sketch of the No.
... importance . It was only intended to give the most prominent parts of Mr. Paine's life , in the Sketch which is prefixed to the first volume . Charlestown , Mass . August , 1824 . CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME . Brief Sketch of the No.
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... importance of combined operations ; —or ridicule the attempts of Great Britain to subjugate this country while so united . Among the latter , the one addressed to lord Howe stands conspicuous , as a most finished piece of sarcastic ...
... importance of combined operations ; —or ridicule the attempts of Great Britain to subjugate this country while so united . Among the latter , the one addressed to lord Howe stands conspicuous , as a most finished piece of sarcastic ...
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... it the nature of oppres- sion . Men who look upon themselves born to reign , and others to obey , soon grow insolent ; selected from the rest of mankind , their minds are early poisoned by importance 30 COMMON SENSE .
... it the nature of oppres- sion . Men who look upon themselves born to reign , and others to obey , soon grow insolent ; selected from the rest of mankind , their minds are early poisoned by importance 30 COMMON SENSE .
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... importance ; and the world they act in differs so materially from the world at large , that they have but little opportunity of knowing its true interests , and when they succeed to the government , are frequently the most ignorant and ...
... importance ; and the world they act in differs so materially from the world at large , that they have but little opportunity of knowing its true interests , and when they succeed to the government , are frequently the most ignorant and ...
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... importance , so , in a like degree , they became an object of profit to the greedy eyes of Europe . It was impossible in this state of infancy , however thriving and promising , that they could resist the power of any armed invader that ...
... importance , so , in a like degree , they became an object of profit to the greedy eyes of Europe . It was impossible in this state of infancy , however thriving and promising , that they could resist the power of any armed invader that ...
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Page 342 - Nor can any man, who acknowledges the being of a 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...
Page 18 - 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.
Page 18 - A French bastard landing with an armed banditti, and establishing himself king of England against the consent of the natives, is in plain terms a very paltry rascally original. - It certainly hath no divinity in it.
Page 19 - Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one: for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries by a Government, which we might expect in a country without Government, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer.. Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built upon the ruins of the bowers of paradise.
Page 26 - ... 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.
Page 18 - And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king, which ye shall have chosen you ; and the Lord will not hear you in that day.
Page 68 - 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. Neither have I so much of the infidel in me as to suppose that He has relinquished the government of the world and given us up to the care of devils...
Page 342 - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community...
Page 30 - Britain, and, still hoping for the best, are apt to call out, "Come, come, we shall be friends again, for all this." But examine the passions and feelings of mankind, Bring the doctrine of reconciliation to the touchstone of nature, and then tell me, whether you can hereafter love, honor, and faithfully serve the power that hath carried fire and sword into your land?
Page 24 - An inquiry into the constitutional errors in the English form of government, is at this time highly necessary ; for as we are never in a proper condition of doing justice to others, while we continue under the influence of some leading partiality, so neither are we capable of doing it to ourselves while we remain fettered by any obstinate prejudice.