21. BBC - History - Thomas Paine: Citizen Of The World thomas paine was a driving force in the AtlanticDemocratic revolution of the late 18th century, personifying the political currents that linked American http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/paine_01.shtml

@import '/includes/tbenh.css'; @import '/history/british/css/empire_seapower.css'; Home TV Radio Talk ... A-Z Index 27 January 2008 Accessibility help Text only BBC Homepage History Homepage Topics Ancient History British History Normans Middle Ages ... Recent History Resources Interactive Content British Timeline Historic Figures History for Kids Practical History Archaeology Family History History Trails Community Message Board Newsletter Site guide Contact Us Like this page? Send it to a friend! Thomas Paine: Citizen of the World By Professor John Belchem Thomas Paine was a driving force in the 'Atlantic-Democratic revolution' of the late 18th century, personifying the political currents that linked American independence, the French Revolution and British radicalism. Professor John Belchem analyses the life of an inspirational radical who died in miserable circumstances. Page 1 of 6 1. Common Sense 2. Rights of Man 3. Members unlimited 4. Age of Reason ... Print entire article Common Sense An inveterate pamphleteer, Thomas Paine broadcast the merits of reason, republicanism and radicalism in a series of writings perhaps more innovative in their popular tone and language than in their message. His origins were humble and his education limited. Born in Thetford in 1737, he was apprenticed to his father's trade of corset-making, but tried a number of other occupations (most notably serving as an exciseman in Lewes) before sailing for America in 1774, having recently separated from his second wife. In America Paine made his name with a pamphlet, Common Sense (1776), which, in advocating complete independence for the American colonies, argued for republicanism as the sole rational means of government. Relishing the freedom of the new world (and its potential for commercial progress) Paine readily cast aside the restrictive and gentlemanly conventions of British politics, not least the exclusive tone of Whig 'republicanism'.

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The Thomas Paine Library Thomas Paine was one of the recognized legends in the founding of this country. He was an author and revolutionary activist who took part in three revolutions. His role in American history, as well as world history, is monumental. John Adams said: " Without the pen of Paine, the sword of Washington would have been wielded in vain. " Paine's impact on philosophy and politics helped mold the age of democratic revolutions and reverberates down to this day. (From the Bordentown Historical Society) Common Sense Age Of Reason The American Crisis Works by Thomas Paine You can Buy: Common Sense "These are the times that try men's souls," begins Thomas Paine's Common Sense , the impassioned pamphlet that helped ignite the American Revolution. Published in Philadelphia in January of 1776, Common Sense sold 150,000 copies almost immediately. A powerful piece of propaganda, it attacked the idea of a hereditary monarchy, dismissed the chance for reconciliation with England, and outlined the economic benefits of independence while espousing equality of rights among citizens. Paine fanned a flame that was already burning, but many historians argue that his work unified dissenting voices and persuaded patriots that the American Revolution was not only necessary, but an epochal step in world history. Common Sense (Cheap Edition) Age Of Reason Thomas Paine : Collected Writings : Common Sense, the Crisis, and Other Pamphlets, Articles, and Letters : Rights of Man : The Age of Reason

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Thomas Paine National Historical Association 983 North Avenue New Rochelle, NY 10804 [ Home ] Membership Events Programs The Record ... About Us JOIN US : THURSDAY JUNE 28, 2007 @ 7PM as CRAIG NELSON WINNER OF THE 2007 HENRY ADAMS PRIZE AS THE YEAR'S BEST BOOK ON HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT ON HIS HIGHLY PRAISED BIOGRAPHICAL WORK presents “THOMAS PAINE: ENLIGHTENMENT, REVOLUTION, AND THE BIRTH OF MODERN NATIONS” Click Here for Details The Thomas Paine National Historical Association, founded January 29, 1884 in New York City, is among the oldest historical associations in the United States. Our mission, to educate the world about the life, times and works of Thomas Paine, is designed to ensure Paine's rightful place in history as the preeminent founder of the United States of America. He was, in fact, the first person to coin this phrase. In the course of his lifetime, Paine was an outstanding political and social influence upon the entire world. Dr. Moncure Conway was elected the Association's first president. A noted writer, abolitionist, and confidant to Abraham Lincoln, Conway is credited with writing the first comprehensive biography of Paine in 1892. In 1925, under the leadership of President William van der Weyde and Vice-President Thomas Alva Edison, the Association undertook the initiative to build a museum to house the priceless documents and artifacts of Paine's life. Since then, the Thomas Paine National Historical Association has been located in New Rochelle, New York on the site of Thomas Paine's farm and shared by the

24. Hard To Find Thomas Paine Essays All of the following essays and letters are found in LIFE AND WRITINGS OF thomas paine, edited by Daniel Edwin Wheeler, 1908, Vincent Parke Co., New York. http://www.deism.com/paine.htm

Home Faq Subscribe Contact var so = new SWFObject("rotator.swf", "sotester", "583", "183", "8", "#2B2B2B"); so.write("flash"); Powerful Hard to Find and Th ought Provoking Essays by Thomas Paine Of The Religion of Deism Compared With the Christian Religion Dutch Translation: De Religie van het Deisme vergeleken met die van het Christendom Biblical Blasphemy Dutch Translation: Bijbelse Godslastering Old Testament Prophecies of Jesus Proven False - I Old Testament Prophecies of Jesus Proven False - II The Tower of Babel Dutch Translation: De Toren van Babel A Letter to a Friend Regarding The Age of Reason Thomas Paine on Death Correspondence Between Thomas Paine and Samuel Adams ... Thomas Paine on Free Masonry, Part II Main Menu Deism Defined Deism vs. Atheism and Christianity The Beauty of Deism Deism: A New Beginning ... to Help Latest News of Interest to Deists The Pope is stopped by university students and professors! University students and professors have caused the Pope to cancel a planed speech at La Sapienza University. The students and 67 of their professors are opposed to a speech the Pope made in 1990 in which he endorsed the Inquisition's trial of Galileo. The Vatican is saying the Pope was taken out of context and the actions by the professors and students are an attack on free speech. If this is true, the Vatican should prove it by asking the leading professor to openly debate the Pope.

25. Thomas Paine (1737-1809): "The Pungent Pamphleteer." paine set off for Philadelphia arriving there in December of 1774. Little did paine know how fortunate he was to have a letter of introduction signed by Ben http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Philosophy/Paine.htm

Thomas Paine "The neglected pioneer of one revolution, the honoured victim of another, brave to the point of folly ..." Thomas Paine was born in Thetford (just north of Cambridge) the son of a Quaker corset maker. His entire career, up to his age 37, had been a succession of failures and frustrations; he had from the beginning experienced extreme poverty, privation, and drudgery. With letters in hand from an American he had met in London, one, Benjamin Franklin, Paine set off for Philadelphia arriving there in December of 1774. Little did Paine know how fortunate he was to have a letter of introduction signed by Ben Franklin; he was soon employed as the editor of the Pennsylvania Magazine . He wrote, condemning it all: of Negro slavery, of the political condition of women, of the lack of copy right laws, of the cruelty to animals, of the custom of dueling, and of war as a means to settle international disputes. These particulars of the human condition meant little to anyone in those years. Another matter, however, was the question of American patriotism. In the spring of 1775 came the battles of Concord, Lexington, and Bunker Hill. "[This country was] set on fire about my ears almost the moment I got into it." All along he was able to spread his views, as he was easily able to do in his journalistic position, that it was common sense to support the colonies in their fight with England and to this effect he put out a small pamphlet, Common Sense : it was to effect a powerful change in the minds of many men, and won, at a critical time, a number of American colonists over to the cause of independence. Within a few months after the appearance of

26. Thomas Paine, Common Sense thomas paine. Common Sense. 1776. Introduction. Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure http://www.constitution.org/civ/comsense.htm

Thomas Paine Common Sense Introduction Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of custom. But tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason. As a long and violent abuse of power is generally the means of calling the right of it in question, (and in matters too which might never have been thought of, had not the sufferers been aggravated into the inquiry,) and as the king of England hath undertaken in his own right, to support the parliament in what he calls theirs, and as the good people of this country are grievously oppressed by the combination, they have an undoubted privilege to inquire into the pretensions of both, and equally to reject the usurpations of either. In the following sheets, the author hath studiously avoided every thing which is personal among ourselves. Compliments as well as censure to individuals make no part thereof. The wise and the worthy need not the triumph of a pamphlet; and those whose sentiments are injudicious or unfriendly, will cease of themselves, unless too much pains is bestowed upon their conversion. The cause of America is, in a great measure, the cause of all mankind. Many circumstances have, and will arise, which are not local, but universal, and through which the principles of all lovers of mankind are affected, and in the event of which, their affections are interested. The laying a country desolate with fire and sword, declaring war against the natural rights of all mankind, and extirpating the defenders thereof from the face of the earth, is the concern of every man to whom nature hath given the power of feeling; of which class, regardless of party censure, is

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Stimulus Deal: the Bane of Bipartisanship ROBERT BOROSAGE The stimulus deal just announced is being praised more for its existence than its content. Much lamented partisan bickering was overcome; bipartisan cooperation that got it done. With Wall Street bankers in panic, better something than nothing. It's worth taking a look under the hood. read/discuss/broadcast No New Ideas Faced with limited time in office, a Democratic Congress, and a diminished role on the national stage, President Bush will skip new ideas in his State of the Union speech in favor of ideas we've heard before. Rebates Possibly Delayed The president's plan to send rebate checks to 17 million households could put a strain on the IRS and delay the sending of checks, which the stimulus deal says must go out within 60 days of the president signing the authorization. Senate Tests Stimulus Deal Senators are proposing items that the House omitted from the stimulus package, such as an unemployment insurance extension, tax rebates for low-income households and billions in spending on infrastructure. Senate Tests Stimulus Deal Senators are proposing items that the House omitted from the stimulus package, such as an unemployment insurance extension, tax rebates for low-income households and billions in spending on infrastructure.

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"You all remember," said the Controller, in his strong deep voice, "you all remember, I suppose, that beautiful and inspired saying of Our Ford's: History is bunk. History," he repeated slowly, "is bunk." He waved his hand; and it was as though, with an invisible feather whisk, he brushed away a little dust, and the dust was Harappa, was Ur of the Chaldees; some spider-webs, and they were Thebes and Babylon and Cnossos and Mycenae. Whisk. Whisk - and where was Odysseus, where was Job, where were Jupiter and Gotama and Jesus? Whisk - and those specks of antique dirt called Athens and Rome, Jerusalem and the Middle Kingdom - all were gone. Whisk - the place where Italy had been was empty. Whisk, the cathedrals; whisk, whisk King Lear and the Thoughts of Pascal. Whisk, Passion; whisk, Requiem; whisk, Symphony; whisk . . . . "That's why you're taught no history," the Controller was saying. -Brave New World, Aldous Huxley Including the historic town of Morristown, New Jersey

30. The American Revolution: George Washington Image thomas paine The most important political tract of the Revolution was written thomas paine was the son of a Quaker corset maker, Joseph paine, http://www.nps.gov/revwar/about_the_revolution/thomas_paine.html

document.write(art[rand2(art.length)]) + Timeline of Events + Revolution Day by Day + Revolutionary Stories + Revolutionary People ... + Revolutionary Links by Bob Blythe Common Sense , appeared in January 1776, when most Americans were hoping for a reconciliation with Britain. Common Sense While in London, Paine met Benjamin Franklin, who was acting as an agent to the British government for colonial interests. Widely renowned for his experiments with electricity, Franklin wrote letters of introduction for Paine, who had decided to pursue a new life in America. Paine settled in Philadelphia in late 1774, barely a year before Common Sense appeared. He soon became a journalist, contributing articles to local newspapers. Paine was largely self-educated, having closely studied the political and scientific thought of the age. He developed a powerful and direct prose style that was accessible to men and women from all walks of life. Following the huge success of Common Sense in 1776, Paine served briefly in the Continental Army, but his most valuable service was as a propagandist. Throughout the war, he wrote installments of the

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33. Thomas Paine Quotes 71 quotes and quotations by thomas paine. thomas paine An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot. thomas paine http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/t/thomas_paine.html

Add the "Quote of the Day" to Your Site or Blog - it's EASY! Home Quote Topics Quote Keywords ... Author Nationalities Authors: A B C D ... Z Web brainyquote.com Thomas Paine Quotes Type: Writer Quotes Category: English Writer Quotes Date of Birth: January 29 Date of Death: June 8 Nationality: English Find on Amazon: Thomas Paine Related Authors: Gilbert K. Chesterton John Ruskin David Herbert Lawrence Charles Caleb Colton ... Douglas Adams A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. Thomas Paine A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. Thomas Paine All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit. Thomas Paine An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot. Thomas Paine Any system of religion that has anything in it that shocks the mind of a child, cannot be true. Thomas Paine Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them.

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zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') You are here: About Agnosticism / Atheism Agnosticism / Atheism Atheism ... Help Thomas Paine Back to Last Page Glossary Index Related Terms constitutionalism Name: Thomas Paine Dates: Born: January 29, 1737 at Thetford, Norfolk in England Died: June 8, 1809 in New York City Arrived in America: November 30, 1774 Imprisoned in France: 1793-1802 Biography: The son of Quakers, Thomas Paine (1737-1809) made an impressive mark on American society and politics with his stinging political essays. His first, African Slavery in America , was published in 1775 and sharply criticized slavery as unjust and inhumane. Destined to be much more famous and influential was his pamphlet Common Sense, published on January 10, 1776. The basis for this pamphlet was that common sense and plain facts dictated one course of action for the American colonies: separation from England. Advocating the most limited form of government possible, over 500,000 copies were sold, making it one of the most influential documents of the era. It was another work, however, which would impact Paine personally - and not positively.

35. Thomas Paine Network Free Enterprise thomas paine Network encourages free dialogue to explore the major issues of our day. http://www.tpaine.org/

Who Are We? Email us! ARTICLES: Paul Gagnon Reviews Letters to a Young Contrarian by Christopher Hitchens A Landlord is a Local Government Paul Gagnon Reviews "Libertarian Party at Sea on Land" The Thomas Paine Caucus Proposes Platform Amendment to the Libertarian Party What Is the Thomas Paine Network? Look at these Views of Famous Libertarians on the Right to Land A Better Alternative for Government Revenues A Landlord is a Government Paul Gagnon's Review of "Natural Capitalism" A Collection of Local Steps Toward Liberty NEW Spontaneous Order Out of Chaos A Fractal Republic Beyond Capitalism and Socialism Corporate Statism in late Twentieth-Century America Wisdom from Thomas Paine Agrarian Justice Great Quotes and Excerpts Comments? Questions? Just email us. Thank you! Do Libertarians Endorse Welfare Payments to the Wealthy? by Mike O'Mara Believe it or not, many libertarians support welfare payments to the wealthy. Here is what they endorse: They want to issue welfare permits, so that whoever has a welfare permit is allowed to collect welfare payments from other people within a given area - even if that person is able-bodied, and even if that person has a high income. The welfare permits can also be bought and sold. Those welfare permits sound absurd, don't they? Yet that is exactly what many libertarians advocate.

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@import url( http://www.bestcyrano.org/THOMASPAINE/wp-content/themes/paalam/style.css ); Home CJO Virtual Univ LOGIN/REGISTER Submissions Jan Meat’s Meat….So Let’s Eat Published by under ALF American Capitalism Animal Cruelty Animal Liberation ... radicalism Cyrano’s Journal Online and its semi-autonomous subsections (Thomas Paine’s Corner, The Greanville Journal, CJO Avenger, and VoxPop) would be delighted to periodically email you links to the most recent material and timeless classics available on our diverse and comprehensive site. If you would like to subscribe, type “CJO subscription” in the subject line and send your email to JMiller@bestcyrano.org By Jason Miller Canine. It’s what’s for dinner. We pride ourselves on our devotion to the principle of equality here in the United States, so it’s time to put our values where our mouths are, so to speak. Pigs, chickens, cows, and the like already endure abject suffering so we can consume their flesh, so it is only fair that we include “man’s best friend.” How could they better prove their deep loyalty to us than by sacrificing their lives to feed us? There is plenty of room on our plates to accommodate a few slices of Lassie. Even here in our resource-hog of a nation people experience hunger. Why not run a hundred million or so Rovers through the meat industrial complex each year? We have no reservations about torturing and slaughtering billions of other sentient beings to satiate our lust for meat. Research has indicated that pigs are actually more intelligent than dogs and thus would be more conscious of their misery. So there is no valid moral objection.

37. Thomas Paine Biography Columbus is given credit for the discovery of that New World, but it remained for thomas paine to so imbue the hearts of men with the desire for freedom; http://www.soul.org/Thomas Paine.html

Father of American Freedom; Member, Great, or World Council THOMAS PAINE THE GREAT, OR WORLD, COUNCILS AND THE COUNCIL OF THREE T he prophet Isaiah prophesied of a New World where men should be free. Columbus is given credit for the discovery of that New World, but it remained for Thomas Paine to so imbue the hearts of men with the desire for freedom; religiously, mentally and spiritually, that they were willing to sacrifice life and all they possessed in order to obtain it. In this he was a worthy disciple of Paracelsus who fought for medical freedom; Agrippa who labored for the freedom of Science, while Luther risked his life for religious liberty. Thomas Paine, nonsectarian Philosophic Initiate , Brother of all mankind; Member of the Order of the Rose, and and of the Great , or World Council , was born in England, January 29, 1737. At a very early age he became interested in literary work and showed an intense interest in the rights and liberties of his fellow men. H e was not yet twenty-one when he joined a group composed principally of French and English citizens who were seeking a means to bring about this freedom. Among this group were members of the Royal houses of both France and England, it being the thought of these men that such freedom might be established within the forms of governments as they then existed.

38. The Thomas Paine Internet Archive Text of Common Sense, with an abstract of The Age of Reason. http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/paine/index.htm

Reference Writers: Thomas Paine Thomas Paine Archive 1737 (Norfolk, England) - 1809 (New York) The Age of Reason, 1794. Common Sense The Age of Reason [abstract] M.I.A. Library

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British-American author of The Age of Reason, Common Sense, Rights of Man and Crisis, Thomas Paine has not been proven to have been a Freemason. A brilliant pamphleteer, his theory about the origins of Freemasonry is only of interest as an historical curiosity. HISTORY INDEX TRANSITION THEORY Origin of Free-Masonry NOTE: This essay appeared in New York, 1818, with an anonymous preface of which I quote the opening paragraph: "This tract is a chapter belonging to the Third Part of the Age of Reason, as will be seen by the references made in it to preceding articles, as forming part of the same work. It was culled from the writings of Mr. Paine after his death, and published in a mutilated state by Mrs. Bonneville, his executrix. Passages having a reference to the Christian religion she erased, with a view no doubt of accommodating the work to the prejudices of bigotry. These, however, have been restored from the original manuscript, except a few lines which were rendered illegible." Madame Bonneville published this fragment in New York, 1810 (with the omissions I point out) as a pamphlet. — Dr. Robinet ( Danton - Emigre

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