Paine, Thomas / 2008-06-19 00:00:00

1792
THE RIGHTS OF MAN
by Thomas Paine
1792
PART THE FIRST
BEING AN ANSWER TO MR. BURKE'S ATTACK
ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
George Washington
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
SIR,
I present you a small treatise in defence of those principles of
freedom which your exemplary virtue hath so eminently contributed to
establish. That the Rights of Man may become as universal as your
benevolence can wish, and that you may enjoy the happiness of seeing
the New World regenerate the Old, is the prayer of
SIR,
Your much obliged, and
Obedient humble Servant,
THOMAS PAINE
The Author's Preface to the English Edition
From the part Mr. Burke took in the American Revolution, it was
natural that I should consider him a friend to mankind; and as our
acquaintance commenced on that ground, it would have been more
agreeable to me to have had cause to continue in that opinion than
to change it.
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