Sections 1 Being An Answer To Mr. 2 When I came to France, in the spring of 1787, the Archbishop of Thoulouse was then Minister,… 3 Thomas Paine PAINE'S PREFACE TO THE FRENCH EDITION The astonishment which the French… 4 Therefore it seeks in Russia the enemy it has lost in France, and appears to say to the… 5 Not sufficiently content with abusing the National Assembly, a great part of his work is… 6 As Mr. 7 I am not contending for nor against any form of government, nor for nor against any party,… 8 But Mr. 9 But Mr. 10 As I have introduced M. 11 Mr. 12 When a man reflects on the condition which France was in from the nature of her government,… 13 As to the tragic paintings by which Mr. 14 Not one glance of compassion, not one commiserating reflection that I can find throughout… 15 This plan must have been some time in contemplation; because, in order to carry it into… 16 Everything now was drawing to a crisis. 17 But defence only was not the object of the citizens. 18 Whom has the National Assembly brought to the scaffold? 19 There is in all European countries a large class of people of that description, which in… 20 It is the honour of the National Assembly and the city of Paris that, during such a… 21 During this state of suspense, the Garde du Corps, which was composed as such regiments… 22 On the 5th of October a very numerous body of women, and men in the disguise of women,… 23 In this state matters passed till the break of day, when a fresh disturbance arose from the… 24 Mr. 25 We are now got at the origin of man, and at the origin of his rights. 26 The Mosaic account of the creation, whether taken as divine authority or merely historical,… 27 Hitherto we have spoken only (and that but in part) of the natural rights of man. 28 Secondly, That civil power properly considered as such is made up of the aggregate of that… 29 When I contemplate the natural dignity of man, when I feel (for Nature has not been kind… 30 A constitution is not a thing in name only, but in fact. 31 Mr. 32 The constitution of France says that every man who pays a tax of sixty sous per annum (2s. 33 The French Constitution says there shall be no game laws, that the farmer on whose lands… 34 The French Constitution says that to preserve the national representation from being… 35 Mr. 36 But it will perhaps be said that though the power of declaring war descends in the heritage… 37 While the Doctor resided in France as Minister from America, during the war, he had numerous… 38 It is, properly, from the elevated mind of France that the folly of titles has fallen. 39 If no mischief had annexed itself to the folly of titles they would not have been worth a… 40 Because, in the first place, as is already mentioned, aristocracy is kept up by family… 41 As to the first part, whether the archbishop precedes the duke, or the duke the bishop, it… 42 The French Constitution hath abolished or renounced Toleration and Intolerance also, and… 43 A Bishop of Durham, or a Bishop of Winchester, or the archbishop who heads the dukes, will… 44 I will here cease the comparison with respect to the principles of the French Constitution,… 45 The President of the National Assembly does not ask the King to grant to the Assembly… 46 But there is a truth that ought to be made known; I have had the opportunity of seeing it;… 47 I will here finally close this subject. 48 Voltaire, who was both the flatterer and the satirist of despotism, took another line. 49 The then Minister of France, Count Vergennes, was not the friend of America; and it is both… 50 It will be necessary here to show how taxes were formerly raised in France. 51 The then Marquis de la Fayette was placed in the second committee, of which the Count… 52 As one of the plans had thus failed, that of getting the Assembly to act as a Parliament,… 53 He endeavoured to impress the Parliament by great words, and opened his authority by saying,… 54 On the ground of Principle it was contended that Government had not a right to alter itself,… 55 It could not well escape the sagacity of M. 56 After various altercations on this head, the Tiers Etat or Commons (as they were then… 57 The plan of the malcontents consisted now of two things; either to deliberate and vote by… 58 It could not but occur while the malcontents continued to resort to their chambers separate… 59 There are some curious circumstances in the history of this short-lived ministry, and this… 60 For these reasons the National Assembly doth recognize and declare, in the presence of the… 61 Eleven: The unrestrained communication of thoughts and opinions being one of the Most… 62 While the Declaration of Rights was before the National Assembly some of its members… 63 MISCELLANEOUS CHAPTER To prevent interrupting the argument in the preceding part of this… 64 But Mr. 65 The opinions of men with respect to government are changing fast in all countries. 66 It is not the Revolution Society that Mr. 67 When Mr. 68 As it is sometimes of advantage to the people of one country to hear what those of other… 69 In order to arrive at a more perfect decision on this head, it will be proper to consider… 70 In whatever light hereditary succession, as growing out of the will and testament of some… 71 If there is anything in monarchy which we people of America do not understand, I wish Mr. 72 When the people of England sent for George the First (and it would puzzle a wiser man than Mr. 73 The contest between rights, and what were called prerogatives, continued to heat the nation… 74 Mr. 75 In a few words, the question on the Regency was a question of a million a-year, which is… 76 The funding system is not money; neither is it, properly speaking, credit. 77 It can be of no real service to a nation, to impose upon itself, or to permit itself to be… 78 As the quantity of gold and silver imported into Lisbon and Cadiz is more exactly… 79 Although the French Nation rendered the late Government insolvent, it did not permit the… 80 There is a general enigma running through the whole of Mr. 81 As, therefore, each of those forms acts on a different base, the one moving freely by the… 82 But in a well-constituted republic, nothing of this soldering, praising, and pitying, can… 83 What is government more than the management of the affairs of a Nation? 84 In these principles, there is nothing to throw a Nation into confusion by inflaming ambition. 85 As war is the system of Government on the old construction, the animosity which Nations…
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