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Common Sense Quarterly

Your City, Your State, 32566 — America's 250th Anniversary —

Vol. 1, No. 1

“A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right.”— Thomas Paine, Common Sense, January 1776

250 Years of Common Sense

On a cold January day in 1776, a 47-page pamphlet written by a recently arrived English immigrant changed the course of human history. Thomas Paine's Common Sense didn't invent the idea of American independence — it made the idea feel inevitable.

Paine wrote for farmers, shopkeepers, and tradespeople — not lawyers or philosophers. He asked simple questions that demanded honest answers.

This postcard is a modern civic pamphlet. It arrives at every door — not because you asked, but because civic education belongs to everyone.

Principle of the Quarter

"The laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them..."— Declaration of Independence, 1776

The Founders built the entire American system on one premise: certain rights exist before any government does. They're inherent. Every law, every court, every institution that followed rests on this foundation.

This Quarter’s Challenge: Read the first two paragraphs of the Declaration of Independence. Can you find where Natural Law appears? Scan below to submit your answer and earn your first Civic Stamp.

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Principle of the Quarter

#1: Natural Law

"The laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them..."
— Declaration of Independence, 1776

This Quarter's Challenge

Read the first two paragraphs of the Declaration of Independence. Can you find where Natural Law appears? Scan below to submit your answer and earn your first Civic Stamp.

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