COMMON SENSE; ADDRESSED TO THE INHABITANTS OF A M E R I C A, On the following interesting SUBJECTS. I. Of the Origin and Design of Government In general, with concise Remarks on the English Constitution. II. Of Monarchy and Hereditary…

INTRODUCTION. against the natural rights of all mankind, and extirpating the defenders thereof from the face of the earth, is the concern of every man to whom nature hath given the power of feeling; of which class, regardless of party censure, is…

COMMON SENSE. 19 challenge, not a single advantage is derived. Our corn will fetch its price in any market in Europe, and our imported goods must be paid for buy them where we will. But the injuries and disadvantages we sustain by…

24 COMMON SENSE. I rejected the hardened, sullen tempered Pharoah of England forever; and disdain the wretch, that with the pretended title of FATHER OF HIS PEOPLE can unfeelingly hear of their slaughter, and composedly sleep with their…