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{{Infobox politician|image_size=200| | {{Infobox politician|image_size=200|birth_name=Thomas Pain|birth_date=February 9, 1737|birth_place=Thetford, [[England]], [[Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1801)|Great Britain]]|death_date=June 8, 1809|death_place=[[New York City]], [[State of New York|New York]], [[United States of America|United States]]|political_orientation=[[Republicanism]]<br>[[Radical liberalism]]|image=Thomas Paine.png}} | ||
'''Thomas Paine''' (February 9, 1737 – June 8, 1809) was a Statesian [[Founding Fathers of the United States|founding father]] and political theorist. His pamphlet ''[[Library:Common Sense|Common Sense]]'' inspired the [[Statesian Revolution]] against the British [[Monarchism|monarchy]].<ref name=":122">{{Citation|author=[[Domenico Losurdo]]|year=2011|title=Liberalism: A Counter-History|chapter=Crisis of the English and American Models|page=134|publisher=Verso|isbn=9781844676934|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=5BB3406BC2E64972831A1C00D5D4BFE4|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacebhsj2yxuoudkhkjp6lzgr5jvgyhu76zxe4gw3d65gpg32a6nded4?filename=Domenico%20Losurdo%2C%20Gregory%20Elliott%20-%20Liberalism_%20A%20Counter-History-Verso%20%282011%29.pdf}}</ref> He blamed the British for [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|indigenous]] and [[Slavery|slave]] rebellions.<ref>{{Citation|author=Thomas Paine|year=1776|title=Thoughts on the Present State of American Affairs|title-url=https://gutenberg.org/files/3755/3755-h/3755-h.htm#chap3|quote=Ye that oppose independance now, ye know not what ye do; ye are opening a door to eternal tyranny, by keeping vacant the seat of government. There are thousands, and tens of thousands, who would think it glorious to expel from the continent, that barbarous and hellish power, which hath stirred up the Indians and Negroes to destroy us, the cruelty hath a double guilt, it is dealing brutally by us, and treacherously by them.}}</ref> | '''Thomas Paine''' (February 9, 1737 – June 8, 1809) was a Statesian [[Founding Fathers of the United States|founding father]] and political theorist. His pamphlet ''[[Library:Common Sense|Common Sense]]'' inspired the [[Statesian Revolution]] against the British [[Monarchism|monarchy]].<ref name=":122">{{Citation|author=[[Domenico Losurdo]]|year=2011|title=Liberalism: A Counter-History|chapter=Crisis of the English and American Models|page=134|publisher=Verso|isbn=9781844676934|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=5BB3406BC2E64972831A1C00D5D4BFE4|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacebhsj2yxuoudkhkjp6lzgr5jvgyhu76zxe4gw3d65gpg32a6nded4?filename=Domenico%20Losurdo%2C%20Gregory%20Elliott%20-%20Liberalism_%20A%20Counter-History-Verso%20%282011%29.pdf}}</ref> He blamed the British for [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|indigenous]] and [[Slavery|slave]] rebellions.<ref>{{Citation|author=Thomas Paine|year=1776|title=Thoughts on the Present State of American Affairs|title-url=https://gutenberg.org/files/3755/3755-h/3755-h.htm#chap3|quote=Ye that oppose independance now, ye know not what ye do; ye are opening a door to eternal tyranny, by keeping vacant the seat of government. There are thousands, and tens of thousands, who would think it glorious to expel from the continent, that barbarous and hellish power, which hath stirred up the Indians and Negroes to destroy us, the cruelty hath a double guilt, it is dealing brutally by us, and treacherously by them.}}</ref> | ||
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| Born | Thomas Pain February 9, 1737 Thetford, England, Great Britain |
| Died | June 8, 1809 New York City, New York, United States |
| Political orientation | Republicanism Radical liberalism |
Thomas Paine (February 9, 1737 – June 8, 1809) was a Statesian founding father and political theorist. His pamphlet Common Sense inspired the Statesian Revolution against the British monarchy.[1] He blamed the British for indigenous and slave rebellions.[2]
References
- ↑ Domenico Losurdo (2011). Liberalism: A Counter-History: 'Crisis of the English and American Models' (p. 134). [PDF] Verso. ISBN 9781844676934 [LG]
- ↑ “Ye that oppose independance now, ye know not what ye do; ye are opening a door to eternal tyranny, by keeping vacant the seat of government. There are thousands, and tens of thousands, who would think it glorious to expel from the continent, that barbarous and hellish power, which hath stirred up the Indians and Negroes to destroy us, the cruelty hath a double guilt, it is dealing brutally by us, and treacherously by them.”
Thomas Paine (1776). Thoughts on the Present State of American Affairs.