Thomas+Paine

= "These are the times that try men's souls." = == Thomas Paine was a failure at almost everything he did. He failed out of school, he failed out of his apprenticeship with his father, and he failed as a tax officer twice in four years while living in England. Finally he did something right. He published The Case of the Officers of Exercise witch argued pay raise for officers. He also publish Common Sense in 1776. It argued basic facts and common sense, no fluff. His main attack was through words. It got him in trouble alot, getting him jailed in England for voting against the execution of King Louis XVI. == == Thomas Paine also helped with the Declaration of Independence. He is thought to have written his own totally anti-slavery declaration, but Thomas Jefferson, a slave owner, made some of his own changes that didn't include slavery. ==

If we do not hang together, we shall surely hang separately. We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
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