Without the pen of Paine, the sword of Washington would have been wielded in vain.

History is to ascribe the American Revolution to Thomas Paine.

I know not whether any man in the world has had more influence on its inhabitants or affairs for the last thirty years than Tom Paine.

Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property...Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abidi…

Looking back to those times we cannot, without much reading, clearly gauge the sentiment of the Colonies. Perhaps the larger number of responsible men still ho…

So you are the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war!

At present, I am a poet trying to be a soldier. To tell the truth, I am not interested in writing nowadays, except in so far as writing is the expression of so…