Mises Wire
Author:
George Ford Smith
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If Tom Cruise was Born on the Fourth of July , then he can thank Thomas Paine, who can be said to have been born on January 10, 1776, with the publication of his incendiary essay Common Sense . In this pamphlet, which he priced cheaply (at two shillings), Paine argued passionately for independence from England, and he wrote in a direct style that