Our present condition is, Legislation without law; wisdom without a plan; a constitution without a name; and, what is strangely astonishing, perfect independence contending for dependence.
Thomas PaineMan did not enter society to be worse off, or to have fewer rights, but rather to have those rights better secured
Thomas PaineThe graceful pride of truth knows no extremes, and preserves, in every latitude of life, the right-angled character of man.
Thomas Paine