"it is the great cause of all; it is the establishment of a new era, that shall blot despotism from the earth and fix, on the last principles of peace and citizenship, the great Repulic of Man." - Paine

"determined to follow his genius and not his fortune,"

"He constantly stressed the right of everyone to vote without qualification,"

"My religion is to do good. My mind is my own church." - Paine

"We all have natural rights, by virtue of being a member of the human race," - Paine

"Man has no property in man; neither has one generation a property in the generations that are to follow," -Paine (on hereditary succession)

"The constitution is the creation, not of the government, but of the people" - Paine

So, writing a paper on Thomas Paine is harder than I thought. And not for the reasons normally expected. It's crazy!hard because I keep finding articles that I want to read and then go "Dammit, Cheyenne, you can't spend time reading a 50 page article on Thomas Paine's effect on the American Constitution. You don't have time!" It makes me sad. But, I think I've really found a focus for my political study, and I really think I'm going to write my big Senior Sem paper on Thomas Paine. He's my hero!

ZOMG!!!!

TODAY'S "HAPPENING HERE" WAS ALL ABOUT THOMAS PAINE!!!!!!

ZOMG!!!!

AND HE LIVED IN GRANTHAM AND WORKED HERE AND AND AND HE'S SO COOL.

I loves me some Thomas Paine. Yes I does.