Common Sense Summary By Thomas Paine

Common Sense, the pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that encouraged the thirteen colonies to declare war with England to fight for independence to be a free country. In this pamphlet there were many points that Paine went over and discussed thoroughly, but there was one topic that caught my attention the most. This was, “Of the Origin and Design of Government in General, with Concise Remarks on the English Constitution” This section of the pamphlet really caught my attention since his thoughts and ideas were well rounded and had many terrific points. Paine also had many really good ideas and thoughts in his pamphlet about the co-existence of society and government. Paine sees that both society and government are totally different in his eyes. …show more content…
He compares the two together by saying, “Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness;” This is one of the many examples that Paine singles out both society and government against each other in a way. In most of all cases when Paine compares the two he says that society is the better portion of the both. In the beginning of the second paragraph Thomas also says, “Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil;” Thomas Paine compares the two saying that society is better since society accomplishes things when the people in the society work together as a whole and do amazing things, while the government is just there for more or less security reasons. Thomas Pain says in the pamphlet that “…security being the true design and end of government,” This meaning that the government’s true meaning is for security reasons, but that will soon or later mean the end of the government. Paine feels that the difference between the two is that society is everything good and constructive since people would be working together to actually do something. While government is an institution whose purpose is to protect us from our own destruction. Paine says that it is also the government’s job to protect life, liberty, and …show more content…
Paine then thinks after this would happen these people would create laws that would rule them under their own circumstances. This is one of the many things that I agree of from Thomas Paine’s writing. I also agree on how he views society and government both separately and as a whole. I agree with Thomas Paine’s views and ideas on society more over than his thoughts about government in general. Thomas Paine viewed government as just a security blanket to society to protect them from their own selves. I think that even if there was no government present that the society would still run fruitfully and thoroughly with very few disruptions to the society. If there was no government the people in any society would start off with a few simple rules to follow so that there is no minor to major problems persisting in the group of people. In Thomas Paine’s example of a society of people living on an isolated island with no recollection of any type or form of government. Paine hypothesized that the people on the island would simply form rules to be more or less civil and not do anything to extreme. On Paine’s views on the government in general, I can agree on very few of his ideas, but there are some. The one thing that I can agree on is that the government is more or less just there for security. Paine views