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Title: Common sense
Post by: Oldmikey on September 12, 2021, 06:13:30 PM
I call not upon a few, but upon all: not on this state or that state, but on every state: up and help us; lay your shoulders to the wheel; better have too much force than too little, when so great an object is at stake. Let it be told to the future world, that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet and to repulse it.

Say not that thousands are gone, turn out your tens of thousands; throw not the burden of the day upon Providence, but "show your faith by your works," that God may bless you. It matters not where you live, or what rank of life you hold, the evil or the blessing will reach you all. The far and the near, the home counties and the back, the rich and the poor, will suffer or rejoice alike.

The heart that feels not now, is dead: the blood of his children will curse his cowardice, who shrinks back at a time when a little might have saved the whole, and made them happy. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death."

Thomas Paine's Common Sense
Title: Re: Common sense
Post by: Charles McKinley on September 13, 2021, 09:31:29 PM
Thank you,
Title: Re: Common sense
Post by: CarrollMS on December 29, 2021, 06:39:12 PM
https://www.thomaspainesociety.org/common-sense (https://www.thomaspainesociety.org/common-sense)
The impact of "Common Sense" on America is discussed here