What at first was plunder assumed the softer name of revenue. – Thomas Paine
It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry. – Thomas Paine

What at first was plunder assumed the softer name of revenue. – Thomas Paine
It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry. – Thomas Paine
He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death. – Thomas Paine
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. – Thomas Paine