The Rights of Man and Common Sense by Thomas Paine

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The Rights of Man and Common Sense

by Thomas Paine

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One of our most influential colonial voices. (

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Rhohanin61 | Mar 18, 2008 |

This is a great book. It is a classic that everyone should read. Common Sense and the Rights of Man are part of American history and I don't know why anyone wouldn't want to read this. It does get a little dry at times or difficult to read because of when it was written but it's worth the read. I really liked it. (

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The authorities in power in England during Thomas Paine’s lifetime saw him as an agent provocateur who used his seditious eloquence to support the emancipation of slaves and women, the demands of working people, and the rebels of the French and American Revolutions. History, on the other hand, has come to regard him as the figure who gave political cogency to the liberating ideas of the Enlightenment. His great pamphlets, Rights of Man and Common Sense, are now recognized for what they are–classic arguments in defense of the individual’s right to assert his or her freedom in the face of tyranny.

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