Rights of Man

"“Whatever is my right as a man is also the right of another; and it becomes my duty to guarantee as well as to possess.”

In 1789, the people of France decided to overtake the monarchy of their country in favor of a republic. The French Revolution played out like an echo of the American Revolution of the decade prior, with people rising against their governing bodies.

Like the American Revolution, the French revolution had its dissidents and supporters. Thomas Paine was one such supporter, an...