Thomas Paine Society

06/05/2026

Would Thomas Paine have been an advocate for Bitcoin?

"Most of the advocates for tender laws are those who have debts to discharge, and who take refuge in such a law, to violate their contracts and cheat their

05/31/2026

Who and what America's founders read and studied.

Written almost 300 years ago, it was so prophetic, it sounds like i...

05/16/2026

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Ignorant people are obedient people.Thomas Paine warned us. They “trust the experts”Who tell them what to doHe said "Reason obeys itself; and Ignorance submi...

05/14/2026

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VOTING ISN'T FREEDOMAs Thomas Paine put it - “It is not because a part of the government is elective, that makes it less a despotism" He knew - merely having...

04/24/2026

250 years ago Thomas Paine wrote "Common Sense" and inspired the belief it was possible to fight and win Independence.

02/13/2026

Thomas Paine's Birthday Celebrated online!

Zenos Frudakis logged in from his Glenside, Pennsylvania studio and his camera caught not only his Paine clay statue, as well as many of his other works incl...

01/30/2026

Happy Birthday Thomas Paine 1737-1809

01/22/2026

Paul Fitzgerald, author of Paine: A Fantastical Visual Biography graphic novel, in conversation. Beautifully illustrated, the book can be found in our website store: thomaspainesociety.org

In conversation with Paul ‘Polyp’ Fitzgerald | The radical life of Thomas Paine Book now 09 February 2026, 19:00 -- 20:00 Humanists have been marking Thomas Paine's birthday since the 19th century – a tribute to the man who famously declared, 'My country is the world, and my religion is to d...

01/21/2026

Celebrate Thomas Paine, the author of the American Revolution on his birthday January, 29, 2026!

01/09/2026

Washington's State of the Union. How to be an American.

January 8, 1790: George Washington delivered the first State of the Union. It wasn't a royal decree. It was a job report. No applause. No guests. Just the sh...