Common Sense pamphlet by Thomas Paine

"People change, generations come and go, yet wars, revolutions, and the pursuit of power continue to repeat themselves. History changes its faces, but rarely its essence. Perhaps that is why Thomas Paine's Common Sense is just as relevant today as it was in 1776." “Common Sense” is the famous pamphlet by Thomas Paine, published on January 10, 1776, which argued for the necessity of the United States’ independence from Great Britain. This publication turned a local protest by the colonists into a full-scale revolution.