Thomas Paine wrote this in a 1791 letter. Do you agree with his assessment of the pre-American Revolution republics of Europe?

A recording of British-American author and journalist Christopher Hitchens reading Thomas Paine's The American Crisis. www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3Lo...

OTD in 1797, Thomas Paine met in Paris with Irish revolutionary Theobald Wolfe Tone, a key figure in the Society of United Irishmen. Paine was deeply involved in the Irish rebellion of 1798: thomaspaine.org/thomas-paine...

1875 lithograph of the beautiful Paine Memorial Building that was also the home of the liberal Boston Investigator newspaper. It was built in commemoration of Thomas Paine. The building burned down on January 9, 1940. See more at: thomaspaine.org/gallery/more...

The latest edition of TPHA’s bi-monthly journal The Beacon has just been published. Highlights include articles on "The Damnation of Paine in Art", "Insights from a Conference in Lewes, England" and the "The Lewes Railway Project". Send us your feedback! thomaspaine.org/wp-content/u...

Thomas Paine quote from Crisis II: "Universal empire is the prerogative of a writer. His concerns are with all mankind, and though he cannot command their obedience, he can assign them their duty. The Republic of Letters is more ancient than monarchy, and of far higher character in the world."

Event Sunday, 3/8 at 2pm EST: “Thomas Paine and the Feminists” that will feature a conversation about Paine’s connections with the leading feminists in England, America and France during the Age of Revolutions. The event will be led by TPHA Board Member Joy Masoff. thomaspaine.org/about/events/

Thomas Paine spent time with George Washington and the Continental Army during the long winter at Valley Forge, approximately 18 miles northwest of Philadelphia. Paine said in a letter to Benjamin Franklin, “I was there when the Army first began to build huts.” thomaspaine.org/gallery/thom...

FULL EVENT VIDEO: TPHA Board Member Dr. Frances Chiu, author of The Routledge Guidebook to Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man, offered an in-depth discussion of this all-important work in her discussion titled “Thomas Paine and Rights of Man". www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T75...

As we finish President's Week 2026, a brief look at Paine's relationships to the two presidents celebrated. Paine and Lincoln- Nathalie Caron's "Paine, Lincoln, and the American Free Thought Tradition" is a good place to start and end. t.co/E7Hab0tqk5

From the Thomas Paine Society, UK archives: A fascinating 1975 article on "Thomas Paine's Astronomy" by R.G. Daniels exploring his interest and writings about astonomy and reflecting upon his deep scientific curiosity in an age of scientific discovery. thomaspaine.org/thomas-paine...

Our Saturday speaker: TPHA Board Member Frances Chiu has taught history and literature at The New School since 2002. Her courses include The Age of Paine (arguably the first course in the US to focus on Paine). In 2009, she organized a symposium, “Thomas Paine and the Rise of Modern Liberalism”.

Our latest event is coming this Saturday. Find more information and register via Zoom at thomaspaine.org/about/events/

"The Spirit of '76" is a 1845 painting by Tompkins H. Matteson showing a soldier gallantly going off to war during the American Revolution. He accepts a rifle from his elderly father and a sword from his mother. Thomas Paine's painting hanging on the wall behind. thomaspaine.org/gallery/poli...

Actor and director Orson Welles shows his talent for dramatic flare reading Thomas Paine's The American Crisis I. These are the times that try men's souls! www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFG3...

DID YOU KNOW? The Thomas Paine Historical Association's website contains an extensive free online collection that constitutes one of the most complete catalogues of Thomas Paine’s writings, including some recently disputed works. thomaspaine.org/writings/

A statue of Paine in Morristown, New Jersey sculpted in 1950 by Georg J. Lober. It shows a seated Paine with a musket using a drum-head as a makeshift table. See more at the TPHA's Thomas Paine Monument Gallery: thomaspaine.org/gallery/monu...

Yesterday's great discussion: Gary Berton, the president of The TPHA, joins TPHA Board Member Scott Cleary, co-editor of New Direction in Thomas Paine Studies, to discuss "Thomas Paine and the 250th Anniversary of Common Sense" at the National Constitution Center. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bh8...

Read more: thomaspaine.org/essays/ameri...

What do you think Thomas Paine meant when he said, "Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law." From Rights of Man (1791). Do you think he was right?

FEB 10th EVENT: "Thomas Paine and the Founding of the United States" with Gary Berton in the Bronx! Find out more here: thomaspaine.org/about/events/

Have you signed up for the Thomas Paine Historical Association's newsletter? The Beacon is the TPHA’s bi-monthly journal that touches upon topics that are relevant to today’s ever-changing political climate. All Paine, all the time. Join up today! thomaspaine.org/newsletters/

A 1792 political cartoon titled “Tom Paine’s Nightly Pest” created by James Gillray for the British monarchy. Paine dreams of judicial wigs, a dungeon and a gibbet, and his coat pocket, lying across the bed, contains a copy of ‘Common Sense’. See more at thomaspaine.org/gallery/poli...

An inscription on Roger Sherman’s draft copy of the Declaration of Independence that demonstrates Thomas Paine’s direct involvement in its creation. The inscription reads, “A beginning, perhaps—original with Jefferson—copied from the original with T.P.’s permission” thomaspaine.org/the-sherman-...

Here it is! The video of Saturday's hour long event from the Thomas Paine Historical Association featuring Professor of Modern History at University of Sao Paulo Dr. Daniel Gomes de Carvalho talking about Paine's philosophy in regard to bicameral legislatures. Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=q89r...

Thomas Paine: A Life in Images - Paine was a man always on the move, traveling through England, the United States and France in his quest for democracy and equality. Here you can view the locations and markers that reflect the Paine's life journey. thomaspaine.org/gallery/thom...

Paine: "Science, the partisan of no country, but the beneficent patroness of all, has liberally opened a temple where all may meet... The philosopher of one country sees not an enemy in the philosopher of another: He takes his seat in the temple of science, and asks not who sits beside him."

FREE! On January 31st we are holding a free event with the University of Sao Paulo's Dr. Daniel Gomes de Carvalho as he discusses "Finishing the Revolution: Thomas Paine, Universal Suffrage, and the Problem of Bicameralism". In-person in New Rochelle, NY and via Zoom: thomaspaine.org/about/events/

1780’s anonymous cartoon titled “Le Fameux Empyrique Anglois American” (The Famous English American Empiric/Quack) shows Paine, as medicine man, standing on a podium in front of an audience and promoting his bottle labeled “Union” to a crowd of on-lookers: thomaspaine.org/gallery/poli...

An upcoming must watch Thomas Paine event is coming up in the UK and online. Check it out: humanists.uk/events/in-co...

A map of the New Rochelle farm granted to Thomas Paine in 1794. The New York State Legislature awarded Paine 320 acres in New Rochelle for his service in the Revolutionary War after confiscating the land from a British loyalist. The map was created by New Rochelle native Walter Beach Humphrey.

"The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which other rights are protected. To take away this right is to reduce a man to slavery, for slavery consists in being subject to the will of another" - Thomas Paine, Dissertation on the First Principles of Government, 1795.

Watch our latest event held yesterday, a lecture by historian Jack Kelly on his new book, "Tom Paine’s War: The Words That Rallied a Nation and the Founder for Our Time". www.youtube.com/watch?v=izrO...

In the mid-nineteenth century there was a flurry of debate about Paine's pre-1774 authorship of the Junius Letters. From Gregory Claeys' talk last week, it sounds like his new edition of Paine's writings will confirm the attribution for at least some of Junius. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

The @nytimes.com explores "How Americans Learned to Love Thomas Paine" and previews PUP's forthcoming six-volume Thomas Paine Collected Writings, edited by Gregory Claeys and available June 30 (US), Aug 25 (UK):

Thomas Paine (Rights of Man, Part 2): "Such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing. The sun needs no inscription to distinguish him from darkness" thomaspaine.org/major-works/...

Time for our latest event, "Tom Paine's War", coming on Saturday Jan 17th! Author Jack Kelly discusses Paine's role in the American military. thomaspaine.org/about/events/

"I care not how affluent some may be, provided that none be miserable in consequence of it" - Thomas Paine from his essay, Agrarian Justice

“A Peep into the Retreat at Tinnehinch” a 1799 cartoon by Thomas Rowlandson alleging the individuals are engaged in Jacobinism and republicanism with a ‘Constitution of United Irishmen’ on the table. Paine’s portrait and a book titled “Pain’s Works” in the background: thomaspaine.org/gallery/poli...

TPHA friend and ally Danielle Allen has a great new book out about Thomas Paine collaborator, the Duke of Richmond. Much recommended: wwnorton.com/books/978163...

Here it is! The video of yesterday's hour long event from the Thomas Paine Historical Association: The 250th Anniversary of Common Sense - Readings from Thomas Paine’s Clarion Call for an Independence from TPHA. Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmCD...

Tomorrow is the big day: the 250th anniversary of Common Sense. A quarter millenium. Come join us for our event or watch live on Zoom. Thomas Paine's words will ring out anew! thomaspaine.org/about/events

I remember this issue. Daredevil #283, where Captain and Daredevil team up to protect a man who invented a flying car and is being threatened by oil companies. This entire story is absolute gold, and this panel lives rent-free in my head ever since I first read it.

Paine was US secretary for commissioners sent to negotiate with the Iroquois. After encounters with the Iroquois, Paine sought to learn their language. For the rest of his political and writing career Paine cited them as a model for how a society might be organized. thomaspaine.org/beacon/thoma...

Thomas Paine in Common Sense: "Men who look upon themselves born to reign, and others to obey, soon grow insolent; selected from the rest of mankind their minds are early poisoned by importance."

“Contrasted Opinions of Paine’s Pamphlet” is a 1791 intaglio by Frederick George Byron. Eight public figures are depicted reading excerpts from Rights of Man and reacting to them. Charles Fox, Richard Sheridan and Mary Wollstonecraft are the supporters of the writings while the rest deplore them

Jan 1805 Paine letter to Jefferson “It is chiefly the people of Liverpool that employ themselves in the slave trade and they bring cargoes of those unfortunate Negroes... Had I the command of the elements I would blast Liverpool with fire and brimstone. It is the Sodom and Gomorrah of brutality.”

Joel Barlow: "Without the pen of Paine, the sword of Washington would have been raised in vain"