| "If you think it's time to put principles above parties, character above campaign promises, and Common Sense above all -- then I ask you to read this book...." In any era, excellent Americans inspire us to reach our full potential. They recognize together with conviction what they think inside themselves. They comprehend this all actions have consequences. And they locate commonsense answers to the nation's problems. One such American, Thomas Paine, was an ordinary man who changed the course of history by penning Common Sense, the concise 1776 masterpiece in which, throughout extraordinarily straightforward and indisputable arguments, he encouraged his fellow citizens to get control of America's future -- and, ultimately, her liberty. Nearly two and a half centuries later, those very freedoms one time again hang in the balance. And now, Glenn Beck revisits Paine's great treatise together with one purpose: to galvanize Americans to see past government's simple answers, two-part monopoly, and illogical methods and get back our excellent country. |