“The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.”

— Thomas Paine · Wisdom quote

“The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.”

— THOMAS PAINE

Political writer · 1737 – 1809

Thomas Paine was an English-born political writer whose pamphlet Common Sense in 1776 galvanised the American Revolution. His Rights of Man defended the French Revolution against Burke, and his works made him one of the most influential pamphleteers in history.

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