THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THOMAS PAINES COMMON SENSE
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These are times that try men’s souls
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Give me liberty or give me death!
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Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country
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Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
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Detailed explanation-1: -He started with a phrase that duly summed up the situation: “These are the times that try men’s souls.” He goes on to exhort Americans to rally for the cause of liberty in spite of the hardships they faced, an exhortation that still evokes a sense of patriotism hundreds of year later.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1776, Paine wrote The Crisis, Number One, a plain spoken commentary outlining obstacles the colonies faced in the struggle with Britain.
Detailed explanation-3: -“If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace; and this single reflection, well applied, is sufficient to awaken every man to duty.”
Detailed explanation-4: -Our favorites: “The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.” “Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.”