![]() ![]() He was a friend and confidant of Jefferson, and the two must often have debated the academic and practical phases of liberty. Franklin knew him for a great patriot and clear thinker. Washington himself appreciated Paine at his true worth. The deeds of one in the Weld were matched by the deeds of the other with his pen. Where Washington performed Paine devised and wrote. He was the equal of Washington in making American liberty possible. ![]() We never had a sounder intelligence in this Republic. Paine's teachings have been debarred from schools everywhere and his views of life misrepresented until his memory is hidden in shadows, or he is looked upon as of unsound mind. Perhaps I might say right here that this is a national loss and a deplorable lack of understanding concerning the man who first proposed and first wrote those impressive words, 'the United States of America.' “ Tom Paine has almost no influence on present-day thinking in the United States because he is unknown to the average citizen. ![]()
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