USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Paine argues that, since all men are born equal, no man could have the right to establish his family as forever presiding over others. Even if a person deserves certain honors, his children may not deserve them, and that person has no right to pass those honors on.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kings succeed each other, not as rationals, but as animals. It signifies not what their mental or moral characters are. Can we then be surprised at the abject state of the human mind in monarchical countries, when the government itself is formed on such an abject levelling system?-It has no fixed character.

Detailed explanation-3: -Thomas Paine’s statement that “in America the law is king” means that no one, not even the government, is above the law. The basic idea is that we are all equal before the laws and subject to them-both citizens and government.

Detailed explanation-4: -Our favorites: “The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.” “Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.”