“In America the law is king,” wrote Paine. “For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ...

His book, 'The Rights of Man' (1791), was a guide to ideas of enlightenment and stimulated ... to explore other objects in the timeline Thomas Paine died on 8 June 1809 ...

In his day people could be hanged for stealing a packet of tea.Thomas Paine is one of Norfolk's ... of Man' (1791), was a guide to ideas of enlightenment and stimulated people worldwide.

I find myself thinking these days about the American revolutionaries, especially Thomas Paine. Paine immigrated from England to the American colonies in 1774 with a letter of introduction from ...