...rotten constitution of government will disable us from discerning a good one. [Common sense, 1: 'On the origin and design of government in general, with concise remarks on the English constitution'] Mankind being originally equals in the order of creation, the equality could only be destroyed by some...

...hath given the power ol feeling; of which class, regardless of party censure, is THE AUTHOR. I. On the Origin and Design of Government in General, with Concise Remarks on the English Constitution Some writers have so confounded society with government as to leave little or no distinction between...

...colonies. To give members more time, the Congress decided to put off the vote on independence for VJDTDd COMMON SENSE; ADDRESSED TO THE INHABITANTS OF AMERICA, On the following interesting UBJEC S. I. Of the Origin and Design of Government in general, with concise Remarks on the English...

.... . Society in every state is a blessing, but government ... is but a necessary eviL" Thomas Paine, "Of the Origin and Design of Government in General,...with Concise Remarks on the English Constitution," in The American Intellectual Tradition: A Sourcebook, vol, i, ad ed., ed. David A. Hollinger and Charles...

...the journalistic writings of the colonists.11 In the first two sections of Common Sense, entitled "On the Origin and Design of Government in General, With Concise Remarks on the English constitution" and "Of Monarchy and Hereditary Succession," Paine rejected monarchy in any form, even with constitutional...

...toward Revolution and independence. Common Sense was written in four sections. The first of these, "On the Origin and Design of Government in General, with Concise Remarks on the English Constitution," makes a distinction, well-established among those who favored the "contract" theory of government,...

...Clinton Rossiter (New York: Mentor, 1961), 72-73. 7. Hamilton, "Federalist 15," 110. 8. Thomas Paine, "On the Origin and Design of Government in General, with Concise Remarks on the English Constitution [excerpted from Common Sense]," in American Political Thought, ed. Kenneth M. Dolbeare (Chatham, NJ:...

...Chronicle (February 5-8, 1757); London Chronicle (Feburary 15-17, 1757). 7. Paine, Common Sense: On the Origin and Design of Government in General, with Concise Remarks on the English Constitution (Philadelphia, 1776). The makeup of privateer crews is discussed in Lydon, Pirates, Privateers and...

...Common Sense By Thomas Paine The full title of the first edition, published on January 9, 1776, is: COMMON SENSE, Addressed to the Inhabitants of America, On the following Interesting Subjects. 1. Of the Origin and Design of Government in general, with concise Remarks on the English Constitution....

...storing and processing 5000 years ago]. Bad Salzdetfurth (Germany): Franzbecker. Paine, T. (1776). Common sense; addressed to the inhabitants of America, on the following interesting subjects. Philadelphia: R. Bell. Pimm, D. (Ed.). (1988). Mathematics, teachers and children. London: Open University...