In The Rights of Man, Thomas Paine defends the representational form of government. He posits that all men are born with God-given rights that cannot be taken from them by any ...

Thomas Paine's 1791 political pamphlet argues that revolution is legitimate against a government that fails to protect its people's rights.

Written in a fit of pique brought about by Edmund Burke's blistering attack of the French Revolution, Paine's The Rights of Man has come to be regarded as one of the most ...