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My Research on Thomas Paine. "Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man."

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quotes from Thomas Paine. 1."He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death." 2."Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man" 3."Lead, follow, or get out of the way."

Thomas Paine was born on january 29, 1737.He died on june 8, 1809 at the age of 72 in New York City//[|Common Sense]//, Paine's pro-independence monograph published anonymously on [|10 January] [|1776],spread quickly among literate colonists. Within three months, 120,000 copies are alleged to have been distributed throughout the colonies[|[6]], the best-selling work in 18th-century America. Its total sales in both America and Europe reached 500,000 copies.[|[7]] It convinced many colonists, including [|George Washington] and [|John Adams], to seek redress in political independence from the [|Kingdom of Great Britain], and argued strongly against any compromise short of independence. Thomas Paine was an anuthor.
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 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Paine
 * my socail studies book.