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"When I reflect on the pompous titles bestowed on unworthy men, I feel an indignity that instructs me to despise the absurdity."—Thomas Paine, "Reflections on Titles" May, 1775
"This sacrifice of common sense is the certain badge which distinguishes slavery from freedom; for when men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon."—Thomas Paine, "Reflections on Titles" May, 1775
"The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind. Many circumstances have, and will arise, which are not local, but universal, and through which the principles of all lovers of mankind are affected.."—Thomas Paine, "Common Sense" 1776
"Freedom had been hunted round the globe; reason was considered as rebellion; and the slavery of fear had made men afraid to think. But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks—and all it wants—is the liberty of appearing."—Thomas Paine, "Rights of Man" 1792
"It is the nature & intention of a constitution to prevent governing by party, by establishing a common principle that shall limit & control the power and impulse of party, and that says to all parties, thus far shalt thou go and no further."—Paine, "1st Principles of Govt (1795)
"But in the absence of a constitution, men look entirely to party; and instead of principle governing party, party governs principle."—ibid
