Author: | Paine, Thomas | ISBN: | 9781607780045 |
Publisher: | MobileReference | Publication: | July 16, 2012 |
Imprint: | MobileReference | Language: | English |
Author: | Paine, Thomas |
ISBN: | 9781607780045 |
Publisher: | MobileReference |
Publication: | July 16, 2012 |
Imprint: | MobileReference |
Language: | English |
Rights of Man (1787), by Thomas Paine, posits that popular political revolution is permissible when a government does not safeguard its people, their natural rights, and their national interests. It defends the French Revolution against Edmund Burke's anti-democratic attack upon popular government in Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790).
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Rights of Man (1787), by Thomas Paine, posits that popular political revolution is permissible when a government does not safeguard its people, their natural rights, and their national interests. It defends the French Revolution against Edmund Burke's anti-democratic attack upon popular government in Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790).
Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.