ThomasPaine

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Thomas Paine was very advanced for his time in his way of thinking about man's rights and was one of the first to challenge that Christianity is the "supreme" religion and promoted freethinking. Because of this, only six people attended his funeral.

"Thomas "Tom" Paine (February 9, 1737 [[|O.S.] January 29, 1736] – June 8, 1809) was an English author, pamphleteer, radical,  inventor, intellectual, revolutionary, and one of the[| Founding Fathers] of the United States."

"Thomas Paine has a claim to the title //The Father of the American Revolution// because of //[|Common Sense]//, the pro-independence monograph pamphlet he anonymously published on January 10, 1776; signed //"Written by an// //Englishman"//, the pamphlet became an immediate success. It quickly spread among the literate, and, in three months, 100,000 copies (estimated 500,000 total including pirated editions sold during the course of the Revolution ) sold throughout the American British colonies (with only two million free inhabitants), making it the best-selling American book."

John Adams - "Without the pen of the author of 'Common Sense,' the sword of Washington would have been raised in vain.”

(All of the above from Wikipedia)

"Few people have spoken to all the ages, to all peoples and nations. Thomas Paine was, without qualifacation, one who did."

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[|Inspirational Quotes:]
"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right."

"An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot."

"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."

"If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace."



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