“Common Sense” was more than a rallying cry; it was Paine’s effort to forge an American identity rooted in a commitment to self-governance and trust in the power of the many — not the few.

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.

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

Thomas Paine and his Common Sense most assuredly affected and influenced American colonists to the extent that a nation—the United States of America—would be the ultimate result, guided and ...

Thomas Paine was born in England, ... "Common Sense" and "The American Crisis," seen together, helped start the American Revolution. And end it.

These are the times that try men’s souls.” Thomas Paine begins the first of his “The American Crisis” essays with ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Common Sense” was more than a rallying cry; it was Paine’s effort to forge an American identity rooted in a commitment to self-governance and trust in the power of the many — not the few.