text: This man opened one text by distinguishing society, which promotes well-being positively by uniting affections, from government, which works negatively to restrain vices.
full_question: This man opened one text by distinguishing society, which promotes well-being positively by uniting affections, from government, which works negatively to restrain vices. James Chalmers used the pseudonym Candidus to rebut writings by this man, who was tried in absentia for libel against Edmund Burke for a work sharply critical of Reflections on the Revolution in France. This man wrote that "Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered." Before writing The Rights of Man, he claimed that it is unreasonable for an island to rule a whole continent apart from itself and that "These are the times that try men's souls". For 10 points, name this author whose pamphlets The American Crisis and Common Sense supported American independence.
first_sentence: This man opened one text by distinguishing society, which promotes well-being positively by uniting affections, from government, which works negatively to restrain vices.
raw_answer: Thomas Paine