Thomas Paine 1st penned Common Sense in January, 1776, and published as a 50 page pamphlet under a false name. This British citizen with only a basic education was shocked a what he had found in his two years in the Colonies and decided to do something about the oppression heaped upon the people by a government (England) out-of-control.
Glenn Beck now brings this to our attention with his own version of Common Sense: The Case Against An Out-of-Control Government.
A few excerpts
ix: If you believe that it's time to put principles above parties, character above campaign promises, and Common Sense above all - then I ask you to read this book, declare yourself a creative extremist, and then pass these words along to others who may agree with something else Martin Luther King, Jr., once said:
The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict."
Page 17: I seriously believe that no discussion or debate is un-American. I agree with the Founding Fathers that it is only on the battlefield of ides that the best ones can be recognized and ultimately prevail.
Page 106: DO NOT WAIT FOR OTHERS TO SAY AND DO THE THINGS YOU FEEL. The American Republic will not be seept into the dusbin of history if good men come forward now....Stand shoulder to shoulder and arm in arm unafraid. Listen, learn, and lead. Renew that promise first made during a hot summer in Philadelphia and mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.....I believe that is still true today. Great and powerful miracles are about to unfold before us....Once we dedicate ourselves to the new dawn and experience a restoration of our founding principles, we can be secure in the knowledge that future generations will enjoy the same liberties that we reserved for us.
Page 107: But until then, the sense that something just doesn't feel right will linger.
"....until an indipendence is declared, the Continent will feel itself like a man who continues putting off some unpleasant business from day to day, yet knows it must be done, hates to set about it, wishes it over, and is continually haunted with the thoughts of its necessity." Thomas Paine (and Glenn Beck's) last words of a call to action.
Those words find their roots in an idea that seems to have been all but abandoned....Common Sense.
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