"But where says some is the King of America? I'll tell you Friend,he reigns above, and doth not make havoc of mankind like the Royal Brute of Britain. Yet that we not appear to be defective even in earthly honors, let a day be solemnly set apart for proclaiming the charter; let it be brought forth placed on the divine law, the word of God; let a crown be placed theron, by which the world may know, that so far as we approve of monarchy, that in America THE LAW IS KING."
Thomas Paine
"Common Sense"
Published 1776
