The Political Writings of Thomas Paine: To which is Prefixed a Brief Sketch of the Author's Life, Том 2G. H. Evans, 1837 |
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... mode , that were the government to do it , it would be too visible a system of paper currency , and that disguise is neces- sary . Having recourse to the bank , is a kind of playing the bank off against the funds . Fighting one kind of ...
... mode , that were the government to do it , it would be too visible a system of paper currency , and that disguise is neces- sary . Having recourse to the bank , is a kind of playing the bank off against the funds . Fighting one kind of ...
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... mode of redress . It strengthens itself by assuming the appearance of duty , and tyrannizes under the pretence of obey- ing . When a man reflects on the condition which France was in from the nature of her government , he will see other ...
... mode of redress . It strengthens itself by assuming the appearance of duty , and tyrannizes under the pretence of obey- ing . When a man reflects on the condition which France was in from the nature of her government , he will see other ...
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... mode of punishment that Mr. Burke builds a great part of his tragic scenes . Let us therefore examine how men came by the idea of punishing in this manner . They learn it from the governments they live under ; and retali- ate the ...
... mode of punishment that Mr. Burke builds a great part of his tragic scenes . Let us therefore examine how men came by the idea of punishing in this manner . They learn it from the governments they live under ; and retali- ate the ...
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... mode by which the world should be governed for ever , it was the first generation that existed ; and if that generation did not do it , no succeeding generation can show any authority for doing it , nor set any up . The illuminating and ...
... mode by which the world should be governed for ever , it was the first generation that existed ; and if that generation did not do it , no succeeding generation can show any authority for doing it , nor set any up . The illuminating and ...
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... mode by which the world should be governed for ever , it was the first generation that existed ; and if that generation did not do it , no succeeding generation can show any authority for doing it , nor set any up . The illuminating and ...
... mode by which the world should be governed for ever , it was the first generation that existed ; and if that generation did not do it , no succeeding generation can show any authority for doing it , nor set any up . The illuminating and ...
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Страница 33 - Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom. The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise is gone.
Страница 33 - It is painful to behold a man employing his talents to corrupt himself. Nature has been kinder to Mr. Burke than he is to her. He is not affected by the reality of distress touching his heart, but by the showy resemblance of it striking his imagination. He pities the plumage, but forgets the dying bird.
Страница 181 - They are, under the point of view of religion and philosophy, wholly rotten, and from the sole of the foot to the crown of the head there is no soundness in them.
Страница 69 - The unrestrained communication of thoughts and opinions being one of the most precious Rights of Man, every citizen may speak, write, and publish freely, provided he is responsible for the abuse of this liberty, in cases determined by the law.
Страница 98 - ... cause why it should be repealed, or why another ought to be substituted in its place. I have always held it an opinion (making it also my practice) that it is better to obey a bad law, making use at the same time of every argument to show its errors and procure its repeal, than forcibly to violate it; because the precedent of breaking a bad law might weaken the force, and lead to a discretionary violation, of those which are good.
Страница 49 - ... other's religion, there is no such thing as a religion that is right ; and therefore all the world is right, or all the world is wrong. But with respect to religion itself, without regard to names, and as directing itself from the universal family of mankind to the divine object of all adoration, it is man bringing to his Maker the fruits of his heart; and though these fruits may differ from each other like the fruits of the earth, the grateful tribute of every one is accepted.
Страница 71 - No experience has taught us, (meaning the English), that in any other course or method than that of an hereditary crown, can our liberties be regularly perpetuated and preserved sacred as our hereditary right.
Страница 106 - Formal government makes but a small part of civilized life; and when even the best that human wisdom can devise is established, it is a thing more in name and idea, than in fact. It is to the great and fundamental principles of society and...
Страница 266 - ... circulates exchequer bills, and it advances to government the annual amount of the land and malt taxes, which are frequently not paid up till some years thereafter.