Thomas Paine Audio

Published March 8, 1775 in the Pennsylvania Journal and the Weekly Advertiser, this tract was Thomas Paines first published work.

The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology, a deistic treatise written by eighteenth-century British radical and American revolutionary Thomas Paine, critiques institutionalized religion and challenges the inerrancy of the Bible.

This pamphlet, first published in 1776, set in print the word every American was thinking about, but...

George Washington wrote, "I find that Common Sense is working a powerful change there (Virginia) in the minds of many men."

Common Sense is perhaps the work single most responsible for the American Revolution.

Common Sense, Paine's pro-independence monograph published anonymously on 10 January 1776, spread quickly among literate colonists.

Written in the early months of 1776, Paine's forceful and cogent pamphlet brought the notion of American Independence into the mainstream.

Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. It was first published anonymously on January 10, 1776, during the American Revolution.

Government and politics have a daily influence on our lives. The authority and responsibilities given to government affect not only our social customs but our prosperity and our freedom. The Giants of Political Thought series introduces you to the most influential thinkers on this subject through a series of dramatic presentations that explain their major works.

Rights of Man is unquestionably one of the great classics on the subject of democracy.