Thomas Paine on Liberty: Common Sense and Other Writings - Hardcover

Thomas Paine is most famous for writing Common Sense, a pamphlet distributed during the American Revolution advocating for colonial America's independence from Great Britain. Now, collected here in a beautiful gift book volume are excerpts from this important historical American document, as well as several of his other writings. Paine believed in more than just freedom in the form of revolution and overthrowing governments. He also believed in freedom from oppressive and organized religions and monopolies. Included in this book are passages taken from The Age of Reason and The Rights of Man, as well as letters to George Washington, Benjamin Rush, and Samuel Adams, and pamphlets such as "The American Crisis" and "Agrarian Justice." Throughout his writings, Paine provides excellent and timeless wisdom on attaining liberty and living a democratic life.

Thomas Paine (1737-1809) was an author, intellectual, revolutionary, and one of the founding fathers of the United States. He immigrated to America from England to help fight in the American Revolution. He wrote many pamphlets condemning Christianity and advocating revolution and human rights. He died in New York City at the age of seventy-two.