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| Thomas Paine |
Reading the textbook and the
lecture gave me the impression that Paine was a radical man, who was passionate
about his believes, and probably got a lot of people inspired, but also mad in
the process. Thomas Paine seemed more radical in his positions than the other
leaders of the American Revolution. Like it was discussed on the American
Revolution Lecture, he opposed religious
persecution and stressed the natural rights like many other of his time, but not
al of them shared his anti-slavery ideas. He seemed loud, unafraid to make his
point and never apologized either. I admired Paine’s courage to speak up and
thought his ideas seemed the most fair. He wanted freedom and equality like
Adams and others, but unlike them he wanted those rights for every man. He was
a great inspiration to keep up the spirits of the people.
Passionate, indeed. For a man with little education, as stated in his introduction, he did a pretty good job expressing his thoughts.
ReplyDeleteIn “American Crisis I (1777) he spoke as if he was ready for the challenge; “The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”
That should have been his “catch phrase.” (smile)
Valerie