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Thomas Paine and Common Sense.

The author of the famous pamphlet 'Common Sense' was also called one of the founding fathers of America. His ideologies have 'paved' the way to the declaration of independence. Thomas Paine was famous for his writing 'common sense', in this piece or writing, he states at one point that society is created by our wants, and the government is created by our wickedness. Some of his writing has a very radical feel to it, especially when he states that the government is a 'necessary' evil.