As patriots readied for battle and loyalists clung to the British crown, Thomas Paine published “Common Sense,” a fiercely persuasive pamphlet that united Colonists to fight against monarchy ...

Through intimidation, extortion and vague unkeepable promises of destroying our wasteful bureaucracy, President “clean-up-the ...

History could give us some guidance here. Thomas Paine, in his book “Common Sense,” persuaded his fellow citizens that the colonies should declare their independence from Britain. He argued ...

Thomas Paine, who provided Jefferson with inspiration. Published in January of 1776, Paine's Common Sense was a cry for American independence and an instant best-seller among colonists.

a down-on-his-luck Englishman named Thomas Paine sounded the clarion call for revolution in January 1776 with his pamphlet Common Sense. So bold was its rhetoric that many delegates thought the ...