Thomas Paine (1737-1809) was a British-born American writer, philosopher, and founding father. He is known for pamphlets supporting the American revolution, including Common Sense and The American Crisis.
Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil, in its worst state an intolerable one....
Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.
