An intellectual, scholar, revolutionary, and idealist, is widely recognized as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A radical pamphleteer, Paine anticipated and helped foment the American Revolution through his powerful writings, most notably <em>Common Sense</em>, an incendiary tract advocating independence from Great Britain.

Thomas Paine

An intellectual, scholar, revolutionary, and idealist, is widely recognized as one of the Founding Fathers…