Blackie's Modern Cyclopedia (England): "One of the founders of American
Independence."
"The apostle of American Independence."--_M. de Lamartine._
William Cobbett: "I saw Paine first pointing the way and then leading a
nation through perils and difficulties of all sorts to independence and
to lasting liberty, prosperity and greatness."
"Paine was the first voice in America that was imperial."--_George W.
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