BBC - h2g2 - Thomas Paine - Revolutionary Pamphleteer:
In the town of Thetford, Norfolk, stands a statue of a man brandishing a quill and holding a book entitled The Rights of Man. This renowned son of Thetford inspired the people of the American colonies to join in the creation of a new society, advised the leaders of the French Revolution in their efforts to create a new republic and dedicated a seminal treatise on human rights to the people of Britain.
'The pen is mightier than the sword.' This has become a facile clich�over the years, yet it might have been coined specifically to acknowledge the written works of Thomas Paine, a pamphleteer for the ages..........
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