Thomas Paine

Common sense and other writings is a 2003 compilation of writings by Thomas Paine edited by Gordon S. Wood.

Common sense and other writings is a 2005 compilation of writings by Thomas Paine edited by Joyce Appleby.

Rights of Man presents an impassioned defense of the Enlightenment principles of freedom and equality that Thomas Paine believed would soon sweep the world. He boldly claimed, "From a small spark, kindled in America, a flame has arisen, not to be extinguished. Without consuming ... it winds its progress from nation to …