false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179114008m/876989.jpg 876989 5 The authorities in power in England during Thomas Paine&#8217;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, <i>Rights of Man</i> and <i>Common Sense</i>, are now recognized for what they are&#8211;classic arguments in defense of the individual&#8217;s right to assert his or her freedom in the face of tyranny. 6572577 1989 Rights of Man and Common Sense total:20|5:8|4:4|3:7|2:1|1:0| 20 79 30 3 5 0 false false Tue May 05 08:16:15 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 11:35:10 -0700 2009
Paine turned Americans into radicals, and we’ve remained radicals at heart ever since.

By Harvey J. Kaye

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