Complete Works of Thomas Paine Containing All His Political And Theological Wr
Complete Works of Thomas Paine Containing All His Political And Theological Wr
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809
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But the provision is unequal to the task ; the means either cannot or will not accomplish the end ; and the whole affair is &/elo de se; for as the greater weight will always carry up the less, and as all the wheels of a machine are put in motion by one, it only remains to know which power in the constitu- tion has the most weight, for that will govern ; and though the others, or a part of them may clog, or, as the phrase is, check the rapidity of its motion, yet so long as they cannot stop it,... their endeavors will be ineffectual; the first moving power will at last have its way, and what it wants in speed is supplied by time. That the crown is this overbearing part in the English con- stitution needs not be mentioned, and that it derives its whole consequence merely from being the giver of places and pen- sions is self-evident, wherefore, though we have been wise enough to shut and lock a door against absolute monarchy, we at the same time have been foolish enough to put the crown in possession of the key.
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