Thomas Paine's Common Sense

"Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature, cries, ‘tis time to part. Even the distance at which the Almighty hath placed England and America is a strong and natural proof that the authority of the one over the other was never the design of Heaven…."

-Thomas Paine from Common Sense

What is one of the reasons he cites for America to be separated from England?

“We have boasted the protection of Great Britain without considering that her motive was interest, not attachment; and that she did not protect us from our enemies on our account, but from her enemies on her own account…”

-Thomas Paine from Common Sense

According to Thomas Paine, why did Great Britain offer protection to the colonies?

"Where, say some, is the king of America? I'll tell you, Friend, he reigns above, and doth not make havoc of mankind like the royal brute of Great Britain.... So far as we approve of monarchy. . . in America the law is king..."

-Thomas Paine from Common Sense

According to Thomas Paine, what is a reason for separating from England?

"A government of our own is our natural right. . . . Ye that oppose independence now, ye know not what ye do: ye are opening the door to eternal tyranny . . . . There are thousands and tens of thousands, who would think it glorious to expel from the Continent, that barbarous and hellish power…."

-Thomas Paine from Common Sense

According to Thomas Paine, what is a reason for separating from England?