Title page from The Writings of Thomas Paine, Vol. III (1791-1804)

Part of: The Writings of Thomas Paine, 4 vols. The Writings of Thomas Paine, Vol. III (1791-1804)

Vol. 3 of a 4 vol. collection of the works of Thomas Paine. Vol. 3 (1791-1804) contains various letters and articles on the French Revolution, Paine’s draft of the French Declaration of Rights, Agrarian Justice, and To the Citizens of the U.S.

Key Quotes

Money & Banking

It is worthy of observation, that every case of failure in finances, since the system of paper began, has produced a revolution in governments, either total or partial. A failure in the finances of France produced the French revolution. A failure in the finance of the assignats broke up the…