He is often cited as a champion of liberty.Ĭuriously, Paine played no role in the formation of the American government after independence. Common Sense is still widely available and read today by students of the period. The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” His Common Sense was the bestselling pamphlet of the Revolutionary era (as a percentage of the population, it was read by more people than watch the Superbowl today) and The American Crisis was also well-known at the time. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered…. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country…. One of the foremost propagandists for American liberty in the 1770s, Paine penned words that rallied the war-weary spirit of the colonists and that still stir the hearts of Americans today, even when taken out of their original context: “These are the times that try men’s souls…. Thomas Paine was a major figure during the early years of the American Revolution.
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