Thomas Paine, a reluctant English tax collector and failed businessman who arrived in America on the eve of revolution, published "Common Sense" on this day in history, Jan. 10, 1776. "In the ...

Thomas Paine's pamphlet "Common Sense" — more than any other single publication — paved the way for the Declaration of Independence. It was completed on Jan. 10, 1776, less than two years after Paine ...

Thomas Paine was born in England, came to the United States in 1774 and may have done more to create our nation than anyone other than George Washington and a handful of founders. His 47-page ...

With half a million copies sold by the end of the American Revolution, "Common Sense" remains one of the best-selling works of all time relative to the U.S. population. (Bettmann Archive) The 2024 ...

This seems like a good moment to think about freedom, democracy, and what is worth fighting for. In 1776, Thomas Paine wrote the pamphlet “Common Sense” in order to move Americans toward revolution. I ...

I am not certain that the advice I have absorbed from reading Thomas Paine will keep me from harming myself with bats, bikes, ...

"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 ...

Will Donald Trump, who says he “runs the world” and approved a picture of himself with a crown above the caption “Long Live the King,” soon have Thomas Paine’s 1776 pamphlet, “Common Sense,” banned.

It was amusing to see the American Revolution’s often-forgotten founder, Thomas Paine, transformed in recent years by the Tea Party movement as a right-wing icon. This likely had to do with his role ...

A mission to revive a Founding Father is underway in New Rochelle. New Rochelle residents and history enthusiasts are racing to save the Thomas Paine Memorial Building as its owner, the Thomas Paine ...

User-Created Clip by CSPANCLASSROOM July 21, 2016 2006-10-29T19:14:34-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/6db/20061029191513002.jpgAuthor Craig Nelson explains the ...

User-Created Clip by tgrane June 25, 2019 2017-07-06T18:30:19-04:00 https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org ...