Thomas Paine published "Common Sense" on this day in history, Jan. 10, 1776. He savaged monarchies, inspired the colonies to rebellion and sold the equivalent of 66 million copies today.

If not for “Common Sense,” the United States might not exist as we know it. Now, nearly 250 years later, Paine's pamphlet stands not just as a relic of history but as a blueprint for ...

Will Donald Trump, who says he “runs the world” and approved a picture of himself with a crown above the caption “Long Live the King,” soon have Thomas Paine’s 1776 pamphlet, “Common ...

Thomas Paine is overdue for recognition as America’s greatest Founding Father ... “Common Sense,” and penned the words that spawned the American Revolution. ... The book was banned in Britain.

Thomas Paine was an English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary whose 'Common Sense' pamphlet and Crisis papers were important influences on the ...

Paine, Common Sense. The effect of Paine’s post was immediate and electric. As historian Albert Marrin puts it in his biography, “Thomas Paine,” the pamphlet “spread like fire in dry grass.

Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, “addressed to the inhabitants of America,” was a 47-page dynamo presenting the recently immigrated Englishman’s clear case for America’s independence from ...

The revolutionary rallying cry 'Common Sense' — challenging authoritarian rule, countering the sway of the wealthy and upholding the will of the majority — is as relevant in 2025 as it was in ...