Thomas Paine
The Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution
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(A&D Books June 10, 2015)
In The Rights of Man, Thomas Paine defends the representational form of government. He posits that all men are born with God-given rights that cannot be taken from them by any government. Paine's position on inalienable rights played a major role in the Bill of Rights being included in the Constitution. This seminal work is as pertinent today as when it was first written.