The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.Thomas Paine
“We have it in our power to begin the world over again.”
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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