The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart.Albert Camus
“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”
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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