Thomas Paine





Thomas Paine

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born
in Thetford, England, The United Kingdom
January 29, 1737

died
June 08, 1809

gender
male

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Thomas Paine was an author, pamphleteer, revolutionary, radical, inventor, intellectual and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was born in England and lived and worked there until age 37, when he emigrated to the British American colonies, in time to participate in the American Revolution. His principal contributions were the powerful, widely-read pamphlet Common Sense (1776), advocating colonial America's independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain, and The American Crisis (1776–1783), a pro-revolutionary pamphlet series.


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Common Sense
3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 8,800 ratings — published 1776 — 75 editions
Common Sense, The Rights of...
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4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 6,854 ratings — published 1776 — 8 editions
Common Sense and Other Writ...
3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 4,397 ratings — published 1776 — 8 editions
Rights Of Man
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 3,238 ratings — published 1791 — 74 editions
The Age Of Reason
4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 2,700 ratings — published 1794 — 85 editions
Collected Writings: Common ...
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4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 668 ratings — published 1925 — 8 editions
The Crisis
3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 1776 — 22 editions
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3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions
Rights of Man and Common Sense
4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1989 — 7 editions
The Thomas Paine Reader
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More books by Thomas Paine…
“Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion is to do good.”
Thomas Paine, Rights Of Man

“To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.”
Thomas Paine, The American Crisis

“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.”
Thomas Paine