“That there are men in all countries who get their living by war, and by keeping up the quarrels of nations, is as shocking as it is true; but when those who are concerned in the government of a country, make it their study to sow discord, and cultivate prejudices between nations, it becomes the [...]
Monthly Archives: July 2006
On Bastille Day
Friday, July 14, 2006
“When the people fear the government, you have tyranny. When the government fears the people, you have freedom.”
Bastille Day can not pass without remembering the role Thomas Paine had in the French revolution. From Part II of Thomas Paine’s series of essays The Rights of Man, Paine wrote this in 1792, three years after the [...]
What Would Tom Paine Blog Today?
Thursday, July 13, 2006
As we discussed in The First American Blogger Helps Start a New Nation, Thomas Paine was the quintessential blogger of his day. His words proved invaluable in helping shape the American Revolution.
It has been said that without his words, Washington’s sword would have been useless. Proving, again, that the pen is indeed mightier than the [...]
Thomas Paine - the First American Blogger
Thursday, July 13, 2006
The First American Blogger Helps Start a New Nation –
The year 1776 is generally remembered for the signing of the Declaration of Independence by members of the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
But the reality “on the ground” is not good for the nascent revolutionary cause, in the hands of George Washington.
In February of 1776 a young [...]