It is always to be taken for granted, that those who oppose an equality of rights never mean the exclusion should take place on themselves.
Thomas PaineA long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason.
Thomas PaineNothing, they say is more certain than death, and nothing more uncertain than the time of dying
Thomas PaineNo nation ought to be without a debt. A national debt is a national bond; and when it bears no interest, is in no case a grievance.
Thomas Paine