Common Sense

I recently finished reading the pamphlet Common Sense published on January 10th, 1776 by Thomas Paine.
Here is a quote from it.
"O! ye that love mankind! Ye that dare oppose not only tyranny but the tyrant, stand forth! Every spot of the Old World is overrun with oppression. Freedom hath been hunted round the globe. Asia and Africa have long expelled her. Europe regards her like a stranger and England hath given her warning to depart. O! receive the fugitive and prepare in time an asylum for mankind."       


I can imagine the impact this pamphlet must have had on the people then. Indeed it convinced many that independence was the only option. It motivated them to go and fight for their country. I hope that today, we are able to remember what they fought for. Be able to remember the great lives lost by those who so selflessly went to serve; who went to serve so that we may live in a land of freedom. We owe it to them to not only remember, but to fight to preserve the freedoms that are gradually, but consistently being taken from us. An asylum for mankind! May it continue to be.