All THOMAS PAINE Quotes about “Politics”

“The idea of hereditary legislators is as inconsistent as that of hereditary judges, or hereditary juries; and as absurd as an hereditary mathematician, or an hereditary wise man; and as ridiculous as an hereditary poet-laureat.”
“Of more worth is one honest man to society, and in the sight of God, than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived.”
“How necessary it is at all times to watch against the attempted encroachment of power, and to prevent its running to excess.”
“When the rich plunder the poor of his rights, it becomes an example for the poor to plunder the rich of his property, for the rights of the one are as much property to him as wealth is property to the other, and the little all is as dear as the much. It is only by setting out on just principles that men are trained to be just to each other; and it will always be found, that when the rich protect the rights of the poor, the poor will protect the property of the rich. But the guarantee, to be effectual, must be parliamentarily reciprocal.”
“If those to whom power is delegated do well, they will be respected; if not, they will be despised.”
“It is painful to behold a man employing his talents to corrupt himself.”
“They took care to represent government as a thing made up of mysteries, which only themselves understood, and they hid from the understanding of the nation, the only thing that was beneficial to know, namely, that government is nothing more than a national association acting on the principles of society.”
“The representative system of government is calculated to produce the wisest laws, by collecting wisdom where it can be found.”
“"Government," says Swift, "is a plain thing, and fitted to the capacity of many heads."”

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