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Thomas Paine: Common Sense

( 1776 ) Commentary by Michael Allen Holmes, Independent Scholar, Burlington, VT
  • “The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind.” - Introduction
  • “Nature disapproves [hereditary monarchy], otherwise she would not so frequently turn it into ridicule, by giving mankind an ass for a lion.” - Of Monarchy and Hereditary Succession
  • “I offer nothing more than simple facts, plain arguments, and common sense.” - Thoughts on the Present State of American Affairs
  • “There is something very absurd, in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island.” - Thoughts on the Present State of American Affairs
  • “We have it in our power to begin the world over again.” - Appendix to the Third Edition
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