Required reading - well worth the time - and quite entertaining.
Favorite quote:
"One of the strongest natural proofs of the folly of hereditary right in kings, is, that nature disapproves it, otherwise she would not so frequently turn it into ridicule by giving mankind an ass for a lion."
Another quote, which I find very applicable to current politics:
"Immediate necessity makes many things convenient, which if continued would grow into oppressions. Expedience and right are different things."
It's short, entertaining and very, very good. Read it. Borrow my copy. ( )

Gifted writer. Makes excellent points. A must-read for history students. ( )

Great book that contains the most famous pamphlets written by Thomas Paine. Paine was one of the greatest men in American History. The ideas of Thomas Paine are the foundation of what America is all about. He provided the basic principles that were later put into the Declaration of Independence. He was the greatest of all our Founding Fathers.