Common Sense

Name: Common Sense
Author: Thomas Paine

by Thomas Paine

Revolutionary pamphlet arguing independence from British monarchy and tyranny

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Thomas Paine

Anglo-American revolutionary pamphleteer whose Common Sense and The Rights of Man are the most effective political pamphlets in the English language. Common Sense made the case for American independence; The Rights of Man countered Burke and became the bible of radical democracy. He was tried for sedition in England.

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