The representative system of government is calculated to produce the wisest laws, by collecting wisdom where it can be found.
Thomas PaineA nation under a well regulated government, should permit none to remain uninstructed. It is monarchical and aristocratical government only that requires ignorance for its support.
Thomas PaineWe must be compelled to hold this doctrine to be false, and the old and new law called the Old and New Testament, to be impositions, fables and forgeries.
Thomas Paine