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.

Soon, Paine’s pamphlet was everywhere — whispered by soldiers in Valley Forge tents, shouted in Philadelphia taverns, quoted in sermons. With half a million copies sold by the end of the ...

Thomas Paine was born in England, came to the United States in 1774 and may have done more to create our nation than anyone other than George Washington and a handful of founders. His 47-page ...

Americans have a right to assemble and a right to petition for the redress of grievances. They will use those rights this ...

The first soldiers in the cause of the American experiment were called to action by Thomas Paine, the radical pamphleteer who in 1776 declared: . We have it in our power to begin the world over ...

Paine was a penniless immigrant from England who came to America later than the other Founders: 1774. He fell in love with America’s rugged democratic spirit and worked as an editor for a ...

Thomas Paine was a provocateur, an agitator, and above all a brilliant writer, who had come to Pennsylvania from Great Britain and become a fierce advocate for forging a unique American identity ...

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 ...