“When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.”

So true and so eloquently put.Interested people should check out "the Thomas Paine Project"@wintersoldier.org for similar writings from and about Thomas Paine.A great American Patriot of the Revolutionary War Days.

I THINK THOMAS PAIN WAS A GREAT MAN IN HISTORY AND SHALL REMAIN A GREAT MAN IN HISTORY

Paine is saying that, "if we are born able to think, then why shouldn't we." but also saying that thinking along with the "certain unalienable rights" cannot be withdrawn without also taking our freedoms and rights, therefore comes the term'' liberty''. I'm only in 10th grade and I know that.

Well said I wish we had men like him today. I fear for our homes & Fire sides