That which is now called natural philosophy, embracing the whole circle of science, of which astronomy occupies the chief place, is the study of the … - Thomas Paine

Those who knew Benjaman Franklin will recollect, that his mind was ever young; his temper ever serene; science, that never grows grey, was always his mistress. He was never without an object; for when we cease to have an object we become like an invalid in an hospital waiting for death.

Immortal power is not a human right, and therefore cannot be a right of Parliament.

everything in this strange system is the reverse of what it pretends to be. It is the reverse of truth, and I become so tired of examining into its inconsistencies and absurdities, that I hasten to the conclusion of it, in order to proceed to something better.