The Guardian - Thomas Paine Papers Discovered

Spotted and forwarded, with our thanks, by Alaine Lowell of the Thomas Paine Society, Pasadena, CA:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/nov/25/paine-separation-deed

Thomas Paine on despotism.

"The preclusion of consent is despotism." Thomas Paine, Dissertation on First Principles of Government, 1795.

Thomas Paine on morality.

"As for morality, the knowledge of it exists in every man's conscience." Thomas Paine, Age of Reason, pt. 1, 1794.

Thomas Paine, Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck and the history-impaired Right

Historian Harvey J. Kaye sets them straight:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-11-17/palins-unlikely-hero/

Thomas Paine on America

"The cause of America is, in great measure, the cause of all mankind." Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776.

Thomas Paine on calumny.

"Calumny becomes harmless and defeats itself when it attempts to act upon too large a scale." Thomas Paine - Letter to Citizen Danton, May 6, 1793.