I am now 24 books into the year, and I have decided to read this one next, for absolutely no reason other than I don’t appear to have read it before and that definitely needs to be rectified

#CurrentlyReading #Goodreads #ReadingChallenge #Bibliophile #Bookworm #Booklovers #TheRightsOfMan #ThomasPaine

That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. It is dearness only which gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price on its goods.
-- Thomas Paine

#Wisdom #Quotes #ThomasPaine #Life

#Photography #Panorama #GoblinValley #Utah

#ThomasPaine published the first half of one of his great books, the #RightsOfMan, on #ThisDayInHistory in 1791. It laid out arguments for #revolution against despotism, demanded elimination of the military and aristocracy, and called for a #progressive tax and free #education.

Building on a collaboration with the Thomas Paine Historical Association the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive will add Thomas Paine’s complete poems, together with selected works by contemporaries such as Wheatley, Freneau, Barlow, Trumbull, and Terry.

https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/

#TPHA #C18th #poetry #ThomasPaine

An article, likely by #ThomasPaine, appeared on #ThisDayInHistory in 1775, giving American readers clear arguments for #emancipation of slaves & abolition of #slavery. When arseholes claim it was a different time and we shouldn't judge slavers, they're just telling on themselves.
“Every proprietor, therefore, of cultivated land, owes to the community a ground-rent... for the land which he holds.”
— Thomas Paine, born 289 years ago today, championed a Tax The Rich vision for addressing inequality.
#ThomasPaine

CW: Cenni storici, ghigliottina

​Buon compleanno a Thomas Paine, il corsettaio che scrisse "Common Sense" e accese la Rivoluzione Americana. 🇺🇸

​Scampò alla ghigliottina per miracolo (un segno di gesso su una porta!), ma non trovò pace nemmeno da morto. Oggi raccontiamo l'uomo che ha letteralmente "perso i pezzi".

​🔊 Ascolta il podcast: https://linktw.in/CRjpkM

#NoteAMargine #ThomasPaine #storia #podcastita #aiassisted

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January 29, 2026 – Thomas Paine Memorial Association’s annual celebration of Thomas Paine’s birthday (Online) at 6 pm CST

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://ffrf.org/outreach/events/january-29-2026-thomas-paine-memorial-associations-annual-celebration-of-thomas-paines-birthday-online-at-6-pm-cst/

“If we fight you to a draw, we are conquering.”

#ThomasPaine, more or less

#American #history