Chapter 3 Dedicated to George Washington, President of the United States of America

Your Mightiness: I dedicate to you this short treatise in defense of the principles of liberty to which your exemplary virtue has done a remarkable service.May the human rights be universalized, as your mercy wishes, and may you enjoy the joy of seeing the new world give new life to the old. Your Excellency, this is my sincere wish. Your most grateful and obedient servant, Thomas Paine