The American Crisis by Thomas Paine

In this text, Paine like so many other revolutionists defends the need to protect America from the forces of Great Britian. He calls once again upon the people of the colonies saying that the fight cannot be won without support from all . He states " on every state; up and help us; lay your shoulders to the wheel; better to have too much force than too little when so great an object is at stake"(52). Paine's argument calls to my mind what some people have said about elections, that not voting is as to giving away a vote to the victor. He in producing the pamphlet Common Sense means to tell people not to get comfortable living in America, but that they must support whatever needs to be done to protect their freedoms. What is at stake is future of the country and the colonists. Paine's arugument also recalls to my mind The Prince by  Machiavelli, in which he argues the difference of being and seeming. - To Be Continued