"I call not upon a few, but..." - Quote by Thomas Paine
I call not upon a few, but upon all: not on this state or that state, but on every state; up and help us; lay your shoulders to the wheel; better have too much force than too little, when so great an object is at stake.
More by Thomas Paine
“The final event to himself has been, that as he rose like a rocket, he fell like the stick.”
“Men should not petition for rights, but take them”
“The accumulation of great wealth is, in many instances, the effect of paying too little for the labor that produced it, the consequence of which is that the working people perish in old age and the employer abounds in affluence.”