He who dares not offend cannot be honest.
enlightenment · american-founding
Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine · 1737–1809
Pamphleteer of two revolutions. Honesty as the willingness to offend, and summer soldiers as a permanent type.
These are the times that try men's souls.
The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country.
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.