January 29, 2013     Permalink history, tom paine, revolution Submitted by Michael Dewey

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Thomas Paine: in rabble we trust: click here

Ketchum stated, "If ever there was a case of an indiviual and an idea that came together at the right moment, Thomas Paine was it."  His radical journalism was a significant  factor in the effort to establish a government where authority was given to the people -- a factor that, according to Margaret Washington,  made the American Revolution an event of "world significance."