Glenn Beck's Common Sense: The Case Against an Ouf-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine

by Glenn Beck

Overview

Glenn Beck, the New York Times bestselling author of The Great Reset, revisits Thomas Paine's Common Sense.

In any era, great Americans inspire us to reach our full potential. They know with conviction what they believe within themselves. They understand that all actions have consequences. And they find commonsense solutions 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, through extraordinarily straightforward and indisputable arguments, he encouraged his fellow citizens to take control of America’s future—and, ultimately, her freedom.

Nearly two and a half centuries later, those very freedoms once again hang in the balance. And now, Glenn Beck revisits Paine’s powerful treatise with one purpose: to galvanize Americans to see past government’s easy solutions, two-party monopoly, and illogical methods and take back our great country.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781439169506
Publisher:	Threshold Editions
Publication date:	06/16/2009
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	464,968
File size:	362 KB

About the Author

Glenn Beck, the nationally syndicated radio host and founder of TheBlaze television network, has written thirteen #1 bestselling books and is one of the few authors in history to have had #1 national bestsellers in the fiction, nonfiction, self-help, and children’s picture book genres. His recent fiction works include the thrillers Agenda 21, The Overton Window, and its sequel, The Eye of Moloch; his many nonfiction titles include The Great Reset, Conform, Miracles and Massacres, Control, and Being George Washington. For more information about Glenn Beck, his books, and TheBlaze television network, visit GlennBeck.com and TheBlaze.com.

Table of Contents

A Note from the Author vii

Glenn Beck's Common Sense (2009)

Introduction 3

I The Reshaping and Redefining of America 8

II Money: The Real Opiate of the Masses 21

III The Political Weapon of Choice: The U.S. Tax Code 36

IV The Perks and Privileges of the Political Class 46

V The Cancer of Progressivism 63

VI Is It a Rising or a Setting Sun? 102

The 9.12 Project 109

The 9 Principles 109

The 12 Values 109

Let Your Journey Begin Here 110

Additional Reading 110

Thomas Paine's Common Sense (1776)

Introduction 115

Of the Origin and Design of Government in General, with Concise Remarks on the English Constitution 117

Of Monarchy and Hereditary Succession 125

Thoughts on the Present State of American Affairs 136

Of the Present Ability of America, with Some Miscellaneous Reflections 155

Sources 169