itain and his argument against them. He started of by saying, “These are the times that try men’s souls.” This meant that loyal people were being run under the unfairness leadership of the British monarchy. He wanted the readers to become outraged and ignited with the same emotions that he and other patriots felt. Paine also was a believer in God and he used God many times in his writing. He hoped that this would promote the idea that a war against Britain would be a war in support of God. One of the famous quotes he said was, “ God almighty will not give up a people to military destruction, or leave them unsupportedly to perish, who had earnestly and so repeatedly sought to avoid the calamities of war, by every decent method which wisdom could invent.” This quote meant that God was on their side and that war was a last resort and that God should accept it because peace negotiations have failed. He wanted Americans to be free and independent and he forever changed the view of what independence meant. Thomas Paine’s hard and interesting life paid off because it influenced many of his incredible writings, which helped many people such as the poor....
