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Common terms and phrasesabstract admit appear aristocracy assert authority believe Burke cafe citizens common consent consequence considered constitution constitution of France crown dangerous Declaration of Rights deny disposition doctrines duty endeavour England English equal rights errour established evil executive exist fame fathers fays force founded France French French constitution French Revolution gentleman give honour House of Lords inequality institutions king legislative Lord Lord John Cavendish Lord Rockingham Lord Somers maintain mankind means ment mind minister monarchy Montesquieu moral National Assembly natural rights necessary necessity object opinion origin Paine Paine's parliament party passions person philosophers political position possess present preserve principles prove racter reason Reflections Reflexions religion representatives resistance rest Revolution riches shew society sophism stitution suppose sure taxes ther thing Thomas Thomas Paine tion tory vernment virtue whig Whig party whiggism wholly wisdom Popular passagesPage 172 - others tenacious ; for a nation that fubmits to be taxed at the will of perfons benefited by the tax, and not paying the tax, hold their liberty* on a very precarious foundation. XV. Every community has a right to demand of all its agents an account of their Page 171 - for the fupport of the public force, and for defraying the other expences of government, it ought to be divided equally among the members of the community according to their abilities. Another truth. XIV. Every citizen has a right, either by Page 170 - but in virtue of a law promulgated before the offence and legally applied. The firft part of this article prefcribes a juft and humane regulation of penal laws; the feCond may admit of a doubt*. IX Every man being prefumed innocent till he has been convifted, Page 113 - or any other of the goods of fortune being among thefe natural rights in which the power to execute is as perfect as the right itfelf; it follows that thofe a&s which' have been hitherto injurioufly diftinguifhed and unjuftly Page 120 - ?—or to the prophetic bleffings of the patriarchs ; '* Let people " ferve thee and nations bow down to thee; *' be lord over thy brethren, and let thy Page 112 - Man did not enter into fociety to have fewer rights than he had before. Every civil right has for its foundation fame natural right pre-exijling in the individual, but to the enjoyment of which his individual power is not in all Page 252 - and he fhews us, from the example of France, how eafily this may be accomplifhed. " If any credit is given," h'e fays/" it is to the difpofition of the people to " pay the tax, and not to the government which • " lays it on; when this difpofition expires, " what is fuppofed to be the credit of Page 211 - and this has always been one of the ftrongeft batteries of the democratifts, againft the actual conftitution of England. " The county " of York," fays Mr. Paine, " which contains " near a million of fouls, fends two county " members, fo does the county of Rutland, " which contains not an hundredth part of that " number. Page 228 - to his maker the fruits of his heart; and " though thefe fruits may differ from each other " like the fruits of the earth, the grateful tribute " is accepted. Page 125 - ourfelves of a clear *' idea of what government is or ought to be, *' we muft trace it to its origin." Should not one fuppofe from this opening that he was going to give us an References to this bookFrom Google ScholarEuropa E Americhe: Costituzioni, Dottrine E IstituzioniThomas Paine, NELLA Trasmissione References from web pagesThe Political Writings of the 1790s / Major Works / Pickering and ... Eighteenth-Century Book Reviews Online. Review found Bibliographic information
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