Part 3 - A New Era for Politics: Thomas Paine and Modern Liberalism THE NEW SCHOOL | www.newschool.edu A new era for politics is struck; a new method of thinking has arisen. So proclaimed Thomas Paine in 1776, making the case for American independence. But Paine did not stop there. For the next forty-some years until his death in 1809, he continued to sound the call for change on both sides of the Atlantic the eradication of hereditary government and privilege; enfranchisement for the common
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