"I draw my idea of the form of government from a principle in nature which no art can overturn, viz. that the more simple any thing is, the less liable it is to be disordered, and the easier repaired when disordered" -Common Sense, by Thomas Paine.
The above is just a little tid bit from Common Sense written by dear old Thomas Paine. What an interesting person! He grew up in a poor family and therefore had little formal education. His original trade was that of a quaker corset maker! How did he learn all he knew about religion and politics? What inspired him to be more than that? He became a journalist and in the end an influential propagandist. He sure was a great writer and a brilliant man. His ideas in the pamphlet were organized and fairly simplistic for all to understand. One strange thing to me though. He obviously thought a lot about the governments effect on society and how monarchy takes the happiness away from the people. He was so passionate about our right to happiness and yet he himself didn't seek it. The end of his life he wasn't liked and he was alone. What a sad ending to a man that lit many sparks.
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