Presented here is the full text of Common Sense from the third edition (published a month after the initial pamphlet), plus the edition Appendix, now considered an integral part of the pamphlet’s impact.

Common sense will tell us, that the power which hath endeavoured to subdue us, is of all others, the most improper to defend us. Conquest may be effected under the pretence of friendship; and ourselves, after a long and brave resistance, be at last cheated into slavery.

2021年6月28日 · Common Sense, written by Thomas Paine and first published in Philadelphia in January 1776, was in part a scathing polemic against the injustice of rule by a king.

Thomas Paine's polemical pamphlet Common Sense (1776) has been described as the most influential political pamphlet of the 18th century, affecting both the American and French revolutions. [3]

2009年11月13日 · On January 10, 1776, writer Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet “Common Sense,” setting forth his arguments in favor of American independence. Although little used today, pamphlets were an...

One of the all-time American bestsellers, Thomas Paine’s Common Sense exploded on the scene in January 1776, at a precarious moment when reconciliation with Great Britain seemed unlikely yet, to many, independence still seemed unthinkable. In electric prose, Paine, a recent English immigrant, made a forceful case in defense of separation.

2021年9月21日 · Common Sense is a 47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Within three months, more than 150,000 copies of Paine’s stirring pamphlet were circulating throughout the colonies and around the world, an enormous number for the time.

2009年11月9日 · Thomas Paine was an England-born political philosopher and writer who supported revolutionary causes in America and Europe. Published in 1776 to international acclaim, “Common Sense” was...

2022年5月1日 · Common Sense Addressed to the Inhabitants of America by Thomas Paine. →. sister projects: Wikidata item; 131066 Common Sense Addressed to the Inhabitants of America Thomas Paine ...

Through Common Sense, Thomas Paine proved that words can change the world. His pamphlet gave voice to a generation’s frustrations and hopes, transforming a fragile idea of independence into a full-blown revolution.