Common Sense

January 10th Celebrates Common Sense

Today on Days to Remember we celebrate how in 1776 Thomas Paine published his book about having common sense.

When we think of common sense we think everyone has it, but is that true?

Not necessarily like that old saying goes, “If you don’t use it, you’ll lose it.”

On January 10th 1776, our great history was lacking in common sense way back when.


Originally published anonymously, “Common Sense” advocated independence for the American colonies from Britain and is considered one of the most influential pamphlets in American history.

Credited with uniting average citizens and political leaders behind the idea of independence, “Common Sense” played a remarkable role in transforming a colonial squabble into the American Revolution.

Who was Thomas Paine?

Paine was born in England in 1737 and worked as a corset maker in his teens and, later, as a sailor and schoolteacher before becoming a prominent pamphleteer. In 1774, Paine arrived in Philadelphia and soon came to support American independence.

Two years later, his 47-page pamphlet sold some 500,000 copies, powerfully influencing American opinion.

Paine went on to serve in the U.S. Army and to work for the Committee of Foreign Affairs before returning to Europe in 1787.

Back in England, he continued writing pamphlets in support of revolution. He released “The Rights of Man,” supporting the French Revolution in 1791-92, in answer to Edmund Burke’s famous “Reflections on the Revolution in France” (1790).

His sentiments were highly unpopular with the still-monarchal British government, so he fled to France, where he was later arrested for his political opinions. He returned to the United States in 1802 and died in New York in 1809.

As remember what Thomas Paine’s pamphlet being published today, isn’t not about making sense into common sense or there of it.

Common sense is not so common anymore, because common sense is like a using a deodorant. The people that need it most usually don’t use it.

Written & Designed by JD Mitchell


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